Description: forms dense, compact cushions up to 30–40 cm in diameter
Habitat: low open alpine shrubland on the Ben Lomond plateau at altitudes 1470–1530 m on skeletal soils or in rock crevices and between boulders where no obvious soil exists
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 |