Description:forming tight rich green patches to 10cm across
Habitat:at 1400-2000m in late snowbanks and permanently wet sites in fellfield, often on the topmost ridges of the mountains.
| Form of cushion | F_M | Intermediate beetween F & M types |
| Compactness | 0_1 | Intermediate |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |