Description: Herbs perennial. Roots robust, woody. Stems clustered, pulvinate, 2--3 cm, woody at base, with crowded, withered, persistent leaves proximally. Leaf blade subulate, 4--5 × ca. 1 mm, base membranous, margin involute, apex spinose
Habitat: Beneath rocky cliffs; ca. 4400 m.
Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
Compactness | 0_1 | Intermediate |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | NA | NA |
Woodiness | 1 | Woody at base |
Thorniness | 1 | Yes |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |