Description:Herb forming pin-cushions, cushions-rings, and cushions (van Royen); Perennial, softly herbaceous, never becoming purplish, forming dense cushions; Stems numerous, branching, with numerous adventitious roots.
Habitat:bogs; Winter-growing evergreen perennial of habitats with the water table close to the surface throughout the year, from coastal swamps to alpine peat bogs
| Form of cushion | TC | Tufted cushion, densely caespitose |
| Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
| Variability | 0_1 | Intermediate |
| Root system | A | Numerous adventious roots |
| Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 1 | Short peduncle |