Description:Convex cushion-forming from a much branched creeping rhizome, up to 10cm tall
Habitat:humid paramo moorland, often near the snowline at 3000-5000m
| 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 | 1 | Woody at base |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |