Description:Plants densely cespitose, cushion forming, with a stout, woody, much-branched caudex covered with petiolar remains of previous years
Habitat:on the high volcanoes at 4500-5000m
| 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 | 1 | Woody at base |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |