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 |