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 |