Description:Perennials; (relatively diminutive, strongly condensed); caudex (buried), simple or branched, (stout, thatched, thickened with persistent leaf bases); densely pubescent, trichomes (appressed, stiff), 4- or 5-rayed, rays fused at center, (mostly bifurcate)
Habitat:Barren knolls with pinyon-juniper; of conservation concern; 1800-2100 m
| Form of cushion | TC | Tufted cushion, densely caespitose |
| Compactness | 0_1 | Intermediate |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
| Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |