Small to dwarf, swollen-rooted, densely clump-forming, succulent perennial, with branches 10-40 mm tall, but often without visible stems. Leaves obovate to elliptic, dorsiventrally flattened and slightly convex, grey-green, with slight horny margin near apex. Flowers few at end of a mostly unbranched inflorescence; corolla tube 11-14 mm long, grey-green to dark red, lobes 2-3 mm long, throat with minute club-shaped hairs.