Description:Plants cushionlike. Stems short, 4-6 cm tall, woody at base, branched, with dense persistent spinelike petioles and stipules. Leaves 2-2.5 cm, 9-13-foliolate; stipules ovate, 2-3 mm, papery, adnate to petiole for ca. 1/2 its length, glabrous, rarely with
Habitat:Gravelly areas; ca. 3800 m.
| Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
| Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | 1 | Woody at base |
| Thorniness | 1 | Yes |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | NA | NA |