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 |