Description:forms cushion-like mats of small fleshy, hairy, pointed leaves in rocky crevices and on slopes. If it bolts a stem it is no taller than 15 centimeters; Perennials; (cespitose, pulvinate); caudex branched (dense with persistent leaf remains, branches somet
Habitat:Rock outcrops and talus, rocky knolls, alpine ridges; 800-3700 m
| Form of cushion | F_M | Intermediate beetween F & M types |
| Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
| Variability | 0_1 | Intermediate |
| Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
| Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 1 | Short peduncle |