Perennial succulent, short, erect branches decumbent to prostrate, ± 0.1 m high, ± 0.25-0.35 m high when in flower; roots fibrous. Leaves oblanceolate-oblong to oblong-spathulate, 40-65 x 10-20 mm, cuneate to petiolate, obtuse to truncate, often undulate apex, dorsiventrally compressed to almost terete, green to grey-green with or without purple spots. Inflorescence a spike-like thyrse, 0.25-0.40 m long with 1-flowered cymes, almost white with thick bloom. Buds terete, slightly longitudinally grooved, tapering towards apex, erect, later spreading. Corolla with cylindrical tube 9-11 mm long, pale pink with thick bloom; lobes lanceolate-triangular, acute, 3.0-4.5 mm long, sharply acute, club-shaped trichomes towards throat, pink with deep pink margins and apices. Squamae oblong to almost square, emarginate, broadest at middle. Flowering time Apr.-June.