Compactum glabrum, ferum ad 6 cm, cultum 8-9 cm, altum, caule basi ad 1.3 cm diam.; partes herbaceae luteo virides vel subglaucae; folia diu fere erecta, imbricata appressaque, demum ascendentia, in ramo omnino uniformia vel rarius basi rami pauca ovata, multo breviora, addita, supra visa linearia vel lineare lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, acute carinata, lateribus planis, lat. visa prope apicem angustata, acuta vel subobtusa, levia, 2.5-3 cm, vel rarius ad 5.2 cm, longa, vagina 2 mm longa, prope medium ad 8 mm lata, ad 7 mm diam., folia breviora supra visa late ovata, ad 9 mm longa, 7 mm lata diametroque; pedunculi lateraliter compressi, ad 1-2 cm longi, prope apicem bracteati, bracteis foliis simillimis, 1-2 cm, vel rarius ad 2.5 cm, longis; receptaculum late obconicum vel fere semiglobosum, leviter compressum, ad 6 mm longum, 1 cm et 1.2 cm diam.; sepala 6, acuta, exteriora carinata, interiora superne cornute subulata, extima ad 1.4 cm, intima ad 1.1 cm longa, basi 4-9 mm lata, vel in floribus ceteris multo minoribus ad 7-9 mm longa; petala dense 5-seriata, exteriora inferne angustata, acuta vel obtusa, ad 1.7 cm longa, 2 mm lata, intima filiformia, acuta vel acuminata, eburnea, straminea, vel primulina; staminodia stamina conice conferta aequantia vel bene excedentia; filamenta ca. 6-seriata, cum antheris pollineque lutea, vel intima alba, exteriora glabra, intima parum supra medium dense papillata; glandulae crenulatae; ovarii lobi obtuse compressi, per 1.5-2 mm elevati; stigmata 6, anguste subulata, 3-4 mm longa cum cauda ad 1 mm longa.
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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, forming dense cushions up to 0.1 m high, taproot thickened, fibrous. Leaves succulent triquetrous, imbricate, smooth with uniform epidermis cells, apex sharp, mucronate. Flowers solitary, cream-coloured to pale yellow. Flowering time spring and summer. Capsules honey-coloured, 4-6-locular, covering membranes reduced to ledges, closing bodies absent, valve wings broad, expanding keels parallel, diverging at apex.
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