familyCaryophyllaceae
subfamilyCaryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
genusEremogone
speciesEremogone congesta
Eremogone congesta var. crassula
Sida 21: 239. 2004.
Endemic
Basionym: Arenaria congesta var. crassula Maguire Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 74: 45. 1947
Stems 15–20 cm, glabrous. Leaves: basal blades curved inward, needlelike, (1.5–) 2–3 cm × 1–2 mm, ± fleshy. Inflorescences capitate, rounded, dense cymes; bracts closely enveloping sepals. Pedicels ± absent, mostly shorter than 0.1 mm, glabrous. Sepals conspicuously 1-veined to weakly 3-veined, 3.5–4 mm, apex obtuse.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Dry, upper montane ridges and rocky crevices
Elevation: 1800-2500 m
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perigynous +
not hooded +
obtuse +
absent +
spongy +
distinct +
absent +
clawed +
needlelike +
curved +
fleshy +
branched +
arising +
absent +
woody +
1-veined +
foliaceous +
paired +
absent +
reduced +
scarious +
glabrous +
ovoid;urceolate +
absent +
woody +
reduced +
absent +
umbellate +
dense +
arising +
dish--shaped +
absent +
opposite +
distinct +
sessile +
symmetric +
inconspicuous +
crescent--shaped +
simple +
cup-shaped +
capitate +
rounded +
sessile +
congested +
opposite +
connate +
white +
narrow +
scarious +
absent +
0.3 +
prominent +
0.15mm;0.2mm +
swollen +
superior +
campylotropous +
erect +
absent +
glabrous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
perigynous +
straight +
central +
surrounding +
annular +
white +
fugacious +
1.5-2 times as long as sepals +
absent +
oblong +
absent +
Sida +
2004 +
absent +
arising +
absent +
reddish-brown;black +
1;10 +
tuberculate +
not awned +
opposite +
green +
persistent +
absent +
ovate;lanceolate +
not expanding +
Endemic +
arising +
absent +
absent +
herbaceous +
erect +
glabrous +
terete +
subcapitate +
absent +
absent +
distinct +
absent +
glabrous +
filiform +
Eremogone congesta var. crassula +
Eremogone congesta +
variety +
tuberous +
ascending;recurved +
divided +
indehiscent +
entire +
perennial +
not glaucous +
horizontal +
absent +