Description: Densely cushion-forming shrublet 10-20cm tall, with glandular-hairy foliage and thick elastic main bunches often half buried in loose sands
Habitat: as an element of the high Atacama dry steppe cushion community, at 1900-4500m
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 | NA | NA |