Dwarf shrub, up to 0.2 m high. Leaves mostly 10 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, lanceolate, acute, rounded at base, concave and somewhat rough above, slightly thickened at margins, ciliolate, rounded and with scattered and marginal glands beneath, with a scarcely raised nerve. Flowers in pairs in axils of upper leaves, white; bracteoles 2. Sepals 2 mm long, ovate-oblong, obtuse, hyaline at margins, ciliate, rounded and with 2 rows of glands beneath. Petals 5 mm long, obovate, subacute or acute, cuneate at base, with several glands beneath. Staminodes 1.5 mm long, linear, tipped with a conical gland, slightly concave above, ciliate. Disc crenulate. Ovary glabrous, with 1 or 2 carpels with very small, rotund processes; style glabrous. Flowering time July-Nov.
Slender, leafy shrub to 20 cm. Flowers in pairs in axils, white. Fruits 1(2)-chambered.