Description:Tightly matted to cushion forming, 2.5-3cm tall with the leaves in rosettes (AGS); Cespitose perennial herbs; stems much-branched, decumbent, densely foliaceous (Flora Peru)
Habitat:humid turfy moorland (paramo) at 3400-5000m
| Form of cushion | TC_F | Intermediate beetween TC & F types |
| Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
| Variability | 0_1 | Intermediate |
| Root system | A | Numerous adventious roots |
| Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |