Description: Herbs perennial. Roots robust; rootlets many. Stems pulvinate, with numerous branches, slender, 5--10 cm × ca. 1 mm, glabrous. Leaf blade linear-subulate, 0.5--1.5 cm × ca. 1 mm, margin slightly reflexed, apex spinose.
Habitat: 2300 - 4200 m
Form of cushion | TC | Tufted cushion, densely caespitose |
Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | NA | NA |
Woodiness | NA | NA |
Thorniness | 1 | Yes |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | NA | NA |