Perennial succulent, much branched, short, erect branches, decumbent to prostrate, ± 0.02-0.04 m high; stems covered with fine aerial roots; roots fibrous at base. Leaves pubescent, sticky glandular hairs, with herb-like smell, narrowly obtriangular or oblong-oblanceolate, 35 x 10 mm, almost terete, wider in middle, tapering towards petiole and apex, tip curving inwards, slight dark green margins on upper edge, green without darker markings; petioles narrow. Inflorescence a spike-like thyrse, 0.1-0.2 m long with 1-flowered cymes, almost white, with glandular hairs. Buds terete, longitudinally grooved, tapering towards apex, erect, later spreading. Corolla with cylindrical tube 8-12 mm long, grey-green, with glandular hairs; lobes ovate-triangular, 2.0-3.5 mm long, acute, club-shaped trichomes in throat, white tinged pink with darker line along margins. Squamae ± square, scarcely emarginate, broadest at middle or below. Flowering time Feb., Mar.
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