Description: A cushion-forming species making plants to 10cm or more in width
Habitat: above 2000m, mainly in stable screes and stony slopes, sometimes in Assured rock faces, both acid and alkaline
Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |