Forming dense cushions ca. 0.75 m. diam. on shelf of cliff. Offsets present. Stem short, stout, clothed with dead leaves: stems many.Petals 8-9, lanceolate, acute, tip reflexed.Sepals 8-9, alternating with petals; 3/8 -1/2 length of petals, broadly ▲, acute, densely ciliate on exterior sruface; hairs of different lengths.Stamens 16-18, filaments glabrous, yellow.Carpels 8-9, yellow, glabrous. Scales yellow (see diagram on sheet)