Colobanthus muelleri

(Colobanthus muelleri)

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Description

Colobanthus is a large genus of small, cushion-like herbaceous plants, sometimes known as pearlworts, a name they share with plants of the related genus Sagina. C. quitensis is the world's southernmost dicot, and one of only two native extant flowering plants of Antarctica.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Caryophyllaceae
Genus:Colobanthus
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