Bergia glomerata L.F.

Perennial, woody prostrate glabrous plants forming mats often up to 1 m in diam., usually turning brown when dry. Stems thick, woody, with numerous short and long side branches, the internodes often telescoped together, densely leafy. Leaves small, obovate, 5 mm long, 3 mm broad with a few teeth towards the rounded apex or edentate, glabrous, smooth; on the lower side with a small elongate cushion-shaped gland apically; stipules large, ovate, pectinate. Flowers sessile, small, c. 3 mm, few to several in axillary glomerules. Sepals oblong to lanceolate-acute, about 2.5 mm, firm. Petals oblanceolate, 3 mm long, white, folded below with the upper half turned inwards. Stamens with the outer filaments somewhat wider and longer. Ovary globose, red, papillate, styles erect, terete. Capsule 5-partite, ovoid; seeds allantoid, 0.75 mm long, tesselate, black or brown.