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 |