Compact, dwarf succulent, with a thick, truncate rootstock to 20 cm long, 2 or 3 leaf pairs to a branch, forming a rosette. Leaves ± erect, spathulate with an apical thickening developing a triangle, ±30 mm long, 17 mm broad, 5-6 mm thick, with prominent warts. Flowers 1-3, petals yellow with a red stripe. Fruit 10-locular, without closing body.