Description:Makes wide-spreading mats of closely packed foliage, the whole plant being under 3cm high.
Habitat:Cliffs and gravelly spits, rocky outcrops, gravel shores, tundra; 0-2000+ m
| Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
| Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
| Variability | 0_1 | Intermediate |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | NA | NA |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | NA | NA |