Description: Herbs perennial. Stems densely pulvinate, 4--9 cm, densely glandular hairy. Basal leaf blade linear, 1--2 cm × ca. 1.5 mm, midvein raised, base broadened, membranous, margin white, hard, apex acute.
Habitat: Alpine meadows, shifting screes; 3500--5000 m
Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | NA | NA |
Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
Thorniness | 1 | Yes |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 1 | Short peduncle |