Description:Perennial herb usually forming cushions (Moore); Rhizomatous and usually tufted (AGS)
Habitat:saturated snowmelt hollows and other shallowly wet open habitats - 0-1100m
| Form of cushion | F_M | Intermediate beetween F & M types |
| Compactness | 0_1 | Intermediate |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Root system | R | Rhizomes |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |