''Blakiella'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

, containing the single species ''Blakiella bartsiifolia''. It is native to northeastern

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, where it occurs in

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and

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.Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
/ref>Calgano-Pissarelli, M. P., et al. (2010)
Foliar exudates of ''Blakiella bartsiifolia'' (S.F. Blake) Cuatrec. (Asteraceae, Astereae). A preliminary study of the chemical composition.
''Avances en Química'' 5(3), 161-66. This species is a perennial herb, producing several unbranched stems up to 30 centimeters tall from a woody base. The leaves are coated in glandular

trichome Trichomes (); ) are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants, algae, lichens, and certain protists. They are of diverse structure and function. Examples are hairs, glandular hairs, scales, and papillae. A covering of any kind of hair on a pla ...

s that hold drops of sticky exudate, which is likely protective against solar radiation. Its

flower heads A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...

contain yellow flowers. This plant occurs in high mountain

páramo Páramo () can refer to a variety of alpine tundra ecosystems located in the Andes Mountain Range, South America. Some ecologists describe the páramo broadly as "all high, tropical, montane vegetation above the continuous timberline". A narrower ...

habitat, taking hold in small accumulations of organic matter in rocky cracks and crevices.

References

Monotypic Asteraceae genera Astereae Flora of South America {{Astereae-stub