Description:dwarf shrubs or creeping plants, much ramified and generally forming small cushions
Habitat:paramo
| Form of cushion | F | Low cushion | 
| Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps | 
| Variability | 0 | No variability | 
| Root system | NA | NA | 
| Woodiness | 2 | Woody dwarf shrub | 
| Thorniness | 0 | No | 
| Succulence | 0 | No | 
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |