Oxytropis chionobia Bunge

Family: Fabaceae

Description: Herbs, (1.5-)2-6 cm tall, acaulescent, from a multiheaded caudex, tuft- or cushion-forming, with dense silvery white tri­chomes. Caudex branches with persistent petioles

Habitat: Base and top of hills, grasslands, gravelly alpine slopes; 2500-4600 m.

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Form of cushion TC Tufted cushion, densely caespitose
Compactness 0 Hollow, with canopy gaps
Variability 0 No variability
Root system NA NA
Woodiness 0 Herbaceaous
Thorniness 0 No
Succulence 0 No
Flowers NA NA

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