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 |