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 |