Plantago rigida Kunth
Family: Plantaginaceae
Description: Firmly mat-forming, 60-100cm wide
Habitat: in wettish paramo and puna type alpine moorland at 3400-5200m, often dominant and forming a continuous turf
| Form of cushion | F | Low cushion |
| Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | NA | NA |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |
| BOL-OO |
| CLM-OO |
| PER-OO |
| VEN-OO |
