Description:densely cespitose with thick much branched caudices covered with persistant petiolar remains of previous years
Habitat:ca 4500m
| Form of cushion | TC | Tufted cushion, densely caespitose | 
| Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) | 
| Variability | 0 | No variability | 
| Root system | P | Single pivotal root | 
| Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous | 
| Thorniness | 0 | No | 
| Succulence | 0 | No | 
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |