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 |