Description: Pulvinate semi-woody dwarf shrubs (cushion form) (Mangen); small, rosular, up to 7cm high, sometimes growing in small cushions with a stout, woody, erect, often branched stem-like base (van Royen)
Habitat: sandy banks of streams in subalpine grasslands, in open places between tussocks or on rocky outcrops
Form of cushion | TC | Tufted cushion, densely caespitose |
Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
Variability | 2 | High variability |
Root system | NA | NA |
Woodiness | 1 | Woody at base |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 2 | Long peduncle |