Description: Low firm cushion to hummock forming or mat-like contouring the ground or adjacent rocks
Habitat: in damp alpine turf or low vegetation and flushes with such plants as Hypsela, at 2500-5000m, lower in Patagonia
Form of cushion | C_F | Intermediate beetween C & F types |
Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
Variability | 0_1 | Intermediate |
Root system | R | Rhizomes |
Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |