Description:Shrubs cushion-shaped, creeping, much branched. Branches dull purple or dull brown; juvenile branchlets grayish white hispid, glabrescent
Habitat:Mountain slopes; 4000-4200 m.
| Form of cushion | CL | Loose cushion |
| 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 |