Description:Loosely cushion-forming, intricately branched subshrublet or a medium shrub 30-300cm tall.
Habitat:often dominant from the northern central cordilleras to the tip of the mainland at 40-3000m, depending upon latitude
| Form of cushion | C_CL | Intermediate beetween C & CL types |
| Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
| Variability | 1 | Variability |
| Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
| Woodiness | 2 | Woody dwarf shrub |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 1 | Short peduncle |