Description:Herbs, perennial, subpulvinate. Rhizome slender and many branched, with dense radical rosettes of sterile leaves and numerous flowering stems.
Habitat:Alpine grasslands, rocky screes, gravelly slopes, salt lake banks and shores; 3500-5600 m.
| Form of cushion | F | Low cushion |
| Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Root system | R | Rhizomes |
| Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 1 | Short peduncle |