Perennial, geophytic herb, 180-300 mm high. Stems branched. Leaves opposite, longer than internodes, blade 2-8 x 0.5-6.0 mm, both faces glabrous but midvein pubescent. Inflorescence 3-8-flowered. Flowers: pedicels 2-3 mm long; corolla lobes ± 5 x 2 mm, strongly replicate, completely glabrous; corona ± 3 mm long, shoulders of basal lobe acute, ventral process erect-inflexed. Pollinia 0.6-0.7 mm long with distinct germination zone; corpusculum 0.2-0.3 mm long. Flowering time Dec., Jan. Fruit 65 mm long, pubescent to glabrous, without bristles.