Description:Shrubs creeping or pulvinate, dioecious, small, 10-25 cm tall, spinose, profusely shortly branched
Habitat:Rock crevices in subalpine and alpine zones; 2800-4000 m.
| Form of cushion | C_M | Intermediate beetween C & M types |
| Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
| Variability | 1 | Variability |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | 2 | Woody dwarf shrub |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |