Description: "vegetable sheep", light grey cushion-forming, up to 2m. across and 1m. Thick
Habitat: Drier mountains of South Island only, from 1100-1800m in frost-shattered but stable rocks and stable screes.
Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | NA | NA |
Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |