Description: Herbs perennial, forming compact moundlike cushions from branched caudex. Shoots columnar, with dense overlapping leaves of superimposed leaf rosettes, 2.5--4 mm in diam.
Habitat: Dry meadows, mountain ridges; 4000--4500 m.
Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | NA | NA |
Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | NA | NA |