Description: Herbs, perennial, erect, or subshrubs, forming loose cushions from a massive woody rootstock
Habitat: In gravel at river bottoms; [1700-]3600[-4400] m.
Form of cushion | CL | Loose cushion |
Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
Woodiness | 1 | Woody at base |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |