Description: Perennial, glabrous, cushion-like herb with laxly to ± densely tufted, ascending to erect, 10 – 15 cm tall, leafy shoots from subterranean, procumbent, profusely branched subglabrous rhizome
Habitat: Alpine zone species, occurring above 3500 m in gravelly sands among small stones in the vicinity of melting snow and glaciers;
Form of cushion | TC | Tufted cushion, densely caespitose |
Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | NA | NA |
Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | NA | NA |