Cushion plant

Cushion plant is in botany, a name given to compact Horst and cripple growth forms of perennials, as is typical for desert, rock and alpine plants. This is also called bolsters Solitaire Stand and carpet at geschlossenerem stock. They are counted among the chamaephytes ( plants whose renewal buds are close to the ground ).

Pads are characteristic of upholstery corridors, dry grassland resources ( such as the high mountain grass or the Páramo ) and Nunatakkerfluren.

Yareta ( Azorella compacta ), next to a grass Horst

Raoulia australis (New Zealand)