Description:Herbs or dwarf subshrubs, caespitose, with horizontally creeping thick woody rootstock and branches
Habitat:Slopes, canyons, peaks, shores of salt lakes, saline soils, rocky grasslands, waysides 3000-5800 m
Form of cushion | C_F | Intermediate beetween C & F types |
Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
Variability | 0_1 | Intermediate |
Root system | A | Numerous adventious roots |
Woodiness | 0_1 | Intermediate |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 1 | Short peduncle |