Description: Cushion to mat-forming to 12cm or more wide, by 5-10cm high from a taproot with rosettes at the tips of slender, short rooting stems, loosely clad in scaly dead foliage below, rarely as cushion (Al-Shebhaz)
Habitat: on stony and rocky slopes, feldmark and dwarf pasture by snowdrifts at 400-4000m
Form of cushion | C_M | Intermediate beetween C & M types |
Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
Variability | 2 | High variability |
Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 1 | Short peduncle |