Carpacoce heteromorpha (H.Buek) Bolus

Dwarf shrub, ('bisexual'), single-to several-stemmed, ± cylindrical and erect to rounded. Stems c. 0.15-0.45 m long, ± sparsely to much branched, branches often long, ascending to ± erect, very densely leafy. Leaves decussate; blades 10-25(-30) x 0.8-1.5 mm, linear, spreading-recurved to strongly recurved, ± terete, semiterete to ± triangular in section, margins (lower half)with fine white hairs c. 0.2-0.4 mm long; stipular sheath broadly cup-shaped, hairy. Flowers solitary, lateral and/or terminal on short branches, ± sessile, mostly hidden amongst foliage; calyx 4-merous, lobes (5-)6-8 mm long, linear, subequal, ± erect, hairy on margins; corolla (5-)6-7-merous, greenish yellow to yellow, tube 3-5.5 mm long, lobes (3-)3.5-4.5(-5) x 0.5-1 mm, sometimes with a few stiff, erect bristles near tip; anthers 2-2.7 mm long; stigma 1(very rarely 2), 8-13 mm long; ovary c. 1.5 mm long. Fruit ash-grey, c. 1.5-3 mm in diam., subglobose to ± turbinate, 1-(very rarely 2)-seeded; diaspore c. 1.2-2.5 x 1.2-2 mm, black or dark grey, subglobose to ± pyriform, with a distinct vertical groove, muricate or ± rugose.