[2] It grows in rocky habitats in many of the mountains chains across Europe.

[3] in the countries of Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Yugoslavia.

Its leaves are curled into bristles, are less than 0.5 millimeters wide, and have a green hue.

Leaf sheaths of non-flowering shoots are closed to about the middle.

Its anthers are between 0.8 and 1.5 millimeters in length (rarely up to 2mm), while its ovaries are glabrous.