Description: Pulvinate semi-woody dwarf shrubs (cushion form) (Mangen pers comm); compact plants usually forming cushions (van Royen); Small and compact rosette- herbs,growing individually or in cushions up to 60 cm diam (flora malesiana 1993).
Habitat: alpine grasslands and bogs above 3350 m
Form of cushion | C_F | Intermediate beetween C & F types |
Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
Variability | 2 | High variability |
Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
Woodiness | 1 | Woody at base |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 0_1 | Intermediate |