Description: Cushion-forming herb
Habitat: at altitudes as low as 3600 m above sea level, but is much more common at 4000-4600 m, dense and very hard cushions, up to several meters in diameter, which in boggy depressions often provide the only secure foothold for the wanderer
Form of cushion | TC_M | Intermediate beetweenT C & M types |
Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | R | Rhizomes |
Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |