Description: Prostrate, sprawling or compact, spiny shrub, 0.1-0.6(-1) m high, to 1.5 m wide
Habitat: Loam, clay loam, sand, laterite. Granite outcrops & hills, undulating plains
Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
Woodiness | 2 | Woody dwarf shrub |
Thorniness | 1 | Yes |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |