Description:Perennial herbs forming small dense cushions
Habitat:Rio Preto State Park, in the Espinhac¸o Range in Minas Gerais State. The species was collected at an altitude of approximately 1400 m, in an area of a rocky outcrop dominated by montane meadows (an open, grass-dominated area).
| Form of cushion | TC | Tufted cushion, densely caespitose |
| Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |