Description:Dioecious and cushion-forming, 8-15cm tall by 30cm or more wide
Habitat:in wet places, sometimes in alpine puna saltmarshes at 3200-4500m
| 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 |