Description:perennial, dioecious, forming dense cushions to 10 cm or more diam., with branching caudex, arising from taproot
Habitat:Arctic screes, fellfields, gravelly tundra, rocky knolls on wide variety of rock types; 300-1700 m; Yukon; Alaska; Asia (Russian Far East)
| Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
| Compactness | NA | NA |
| Variability | NA | NA |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | NA | NA |
| Thorniness | NA | NA |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | NA | NA |