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 |