Description:usually forming compact cushion or ball-like mats
Habitat:Alpine, favouring open stony ground within tussock grassland, herbfield. Also on scree.
| Form of cushion | F | Low cushion |
| Compactness | 0_1 | Intermediate |
| Variability | 1 | Variability |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |