Description:Plants perennial, densely pulvinate to loosely cespitose. Taproots stout, woody. Stems ascending to spreading
Habitat:Wet, turfy, gravelly, or sandy calcareous barrens, high arctic, alpine tundra, heathlands; 0-500 m
| Form of cushion | TC | Tufted cushion, densely caespitose |
| Compactness | 0_1 | Intermediate |
| Variability | 0_1 | Intermediate |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | 1 | Woody at base |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | NA | NA |