Description:Affinities with N. aretioides q.v., but a more decorative species with large (3-3.5cm), violet-blue flowers, sitting on a cushion of ash-green rosettes
Habitat:on bare mountainsides at 4300-4600m
Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | P | Single pivotal root |
Woodiness | NA | NA |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |