Description:Tufted to cushion-forming, woody at base (Davis); Densely hummock-forming perennial to 10cm or so wide. Leaves 1.5-2.5cm long, terete, rigid, almost spine-tipped, bearing clusters of smaller leaves in their axils.
Habitat:amongst rocks at alpine and subalpine levels
| Form of cushion | TC | Tufted cushion, densely caespitose |
| Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | 1 | Woody at base |
| Thorniness | 1 | Yes |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |