it is warmer near the gound, so: cushions;
tussocks; rosettes; turfs: dead material
accumulates giving insulation from
low temps., wind, drying & ice-scouring
much reproduction is vegetative, but
some pollination - mainly by wind & flies
flowers often enclosed in
papery "greenhouses"
or form solar dishes
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