Description: Herbs 1.5-10 cm tall, perennial, caespitose. Caudex much branched, with numerous sterile and flowering leaf rosettes forming dense cushions
Habitat: Gravelly and moist places near rivers, alpine grasslands and meadows, saline or alkaline sandy soils; 4100-5300 m.
Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 1 | Short peduncle |