Description: Cushion to mat-forming, 10-15cm tall. Much like the basic concept of C. lanceolata, but differing chiefly in its woody, subshrubby and intricately rhizomatous base and extremely shortly downy, oblong to lanceolate leaf blades up to 10cm long with minutely
Habitat: only on slopes of loose volcanic sand at 2000m
Form of cushion | C_M | Intermediate beetween C & M types |
Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
Variability | 0_1 | Intermediate |
Root system | NA | NA |
Woodiness | 1 | Woody at base |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 1 | Short peduncle |