Description: Plants small, cushion-shaped, 10-25 cm tall, densely branched; older branches stout, with persistent black-brown petioles (eflora of China); subshrub with basal branches woody (tropicos)
Habitat: lopes, gravelly flats, high cold desert communities; 3500-5000 m.
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 | 0 | Flowers sessil |