Description:Mound forming from fairly long creeping and branching rhizomes
Habitat:sandy places or cold humid paramo moorland at 3000-4800m
| Form of cushion | C_F | Intermediate beetween C & F types |
| Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
| Variability | 0_1 | Intermediate |
| Root system | R | Rhizomes |
| Woodiness | NA | NA |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |