Description:A much-branched and thickly white-tomentose subshrublet forming quite compact cushions 4-10cm high in flower
Habitat:on slopes or in fields of volcanic sand or cinder ash at 1300-4300m
| Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
| Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Root system | R | Rhizomes |
| Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | NA | NA |