Description: Shrublets 10-25 cm tall, cushion-forming, rosulate. Taproot woody. Caudex woody, branching with age, densely covered with residues of old leaf bases
Habitat: Grasslands on mountain slopes, gravelly areas; 1400-4900 m.
Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | NA | NA |
Woodiness | 2 | Woody dwarf shrub |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | NA | NA |