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ophis: broom crowberry
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ophis: with reindeer lichen
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ophis: male flowers in dense terminal heads
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ophis: flowers apetalous with exsert stamens
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ophis: most branch tips with flower heads
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ophis: stems decumbent
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ophis: leaves fleshy, linear, ascending
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ophis: stems to 3 mm diameter with shreddy yellow brown cortex