Description: Hard cushion-forming with a woody framework, in the wild ultimately forming massive multi-domed specimens several metres across
Habitat: in high altiplano moorland at 3000-4600m
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 | 1 | Woody at base |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |