Description:A hard, domed hummock reaching 20cm in height and 60cm wide at maturity in the wild. ; A single cushion plant with about 4220 solitary flowers
Habitat:Cold and windy Andean and Patagonian dwarf cushion steppe on rocky, sandy and gravelly summits, often moulding itself to rock outlines at 1700-3500m
| Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
| Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
| Woodiness | NA | NA |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |