Description:Small cushion-forming, up to 5cm across and l-3cm high; Plants perennial, cespitose, forming small mats or cushions, glandular-pubescent or glabrous
Habitat:Wet sands and gravels of shorelines and stream margins, wet mossy places, dry rocky barrens, gravelly hillocks; 0-1300 m
| Form of cushion | C_M | Intermediate beetween C & M types |
| Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
| Variability | 1 | Variability |
| Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
| Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 1 | Short peduncle |