In low tufts or bunches. Stems woody, up to 4 cm diam., fluted, sometimes twisted or flattened, with many branches at or shortly above ground level. Branches ascending or horizontal, up to 8 cm long. The younger parts and leaves densely covered with rather coarse appressed or occasionally spreading hairs. Leaves crowded at the branch tips, erect, secund, 1-2 cm long, 0.3-0.4 cm wide, narrowly elliptical or lanceolate, flat or more commonly folded upwards, the tips acute. Hairs on the leaves ascending but sometimes reflexed on the upper side and near the base. Flowers yellow, sessile, solitary but often crowded and contiguous on the branches. Perianth segments 4-6 mm long, densely hairy outside. Stamens about 12. Stigmas 5. Fruit enclosed by the perianth, obconical but narrowed to the top, the valves free but bent inwards. Old fruits persistent.
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