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Eremogone bryophylla is a small, cushion-forming subshrub in the sandwort genus, native to high Himalayan and Tibetan mountains and reaching the highest altitude of any known flowering plant. It is a cold-climate alpine species, rarely grown in gardens, and is best kept in a cool, gritty, well-drained spot.
Eremogone bryophylla is a flowering plant in the sandwort (Eremogone) genus. It occurs in the Himalaya of China, Tibet, Nepal, and India. It is the highest known flowering plant, occurring as high as 6,180 metres (20,280 ft).
Prickly Sandwort · Clifton's Eremogone · Ballhead Sandwort · Fendler's Matted Sandwort · Franklin's Sandwort · Mojave Sandwort · Eremogone saxatilis · Bear Valley Sandwort · Sandwort
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
