Description:Herbs perennial, forming dense moundlike cushions of tightly aggregated columns with dense overlapping leaves
Habitat:Grassy mountain slopes, river banks; 4000--5000 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 | 0 | Flowers sessil |