Description:Subshrubs or cushion shrubs, 10-20(-30) cm tall; branches densely straggling, divaricate, densely silvery sericeous; twigs with short hard spines
Habitat:Sandy or pebbly deserts, stony dry slopes.
| Form of cushion | C_CL | Intermediate beetween C & CL types |
| Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
| Variability | 1 | Variability |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | 1 | Woody at base |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | NA | NA |