Description: Very compact cespitose, pulvinate herb, woody at base (Davis); Firm hummock-forming, up to 10cm or more in diameter (AGS)
Habitat: chalk slopes and steppe at 1100-1400m.
Form of cushion | F | Low cushion |
Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
Woodiness | 1 | Woody at base |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 0_1 | Intermediate |