Description: Perennials; caudex simple or branched, (covered with persistent leaf bases, loosely cespitose); densely pubescent, trichomes (appressed to ascending, plant appearing shaggy, always appressed on fruits), 4- or 5-rayed, rays furcate or bifurcate, (tubercula
Habitat: Open areas of grasslands on calcareous soils; 1200-1900 m
Form of cushion | TC | Tufted cushion, densely caespitose |
Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |