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 |