Description: Firmly mat to hummock-forming up to 30cm across, in the wild often almost stone-hard
Habitat: at the limits of vegetation on stony tops, stable screes and between rocks at 1500-4300m depending upon latitude
Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
Variability | 0 | No variability |
Root system | NA | NA |
Woodiness | NA | NA |
Thorniness | 0 | No |
Succulence | 0 | No |
Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |