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 |