Description:Herbs, perennial, pulvinate. Rhizome stout, prostrate, usually many branched, densely covered with brown relicts of leaves
Habitat:Alpine gravelly slopes, rocky places; 3400-4000 m.
| Form of cushion | F | Low cushion |
| Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 1 | Short peduncle |