Roots fleshy-fibrous. Leaves not known. Inflorescence to c. 60 cm high; peduncle decumbent, subterranean at base; major branches decumbent; lowest branch to c. 30 cm from rhizome; racemules flexuose, divaricate, less than 2.5 cm long; internodes to c. 2 mm long; flowers solitary; lower bracts ± subulate, to c. 8 mm long; uppermost bracts ± triangular, less than 0.3 mm long; pedicels to c. 1 mm long. Perianth 2–2.5 mm long, white. Sepals narrowly ovate. Petals elliptic, obtuse. Filaments incurving; anthers to c. 0.5 mm long. Capsule antrorse, ovoid to obovoid, 2.5–3 mm long. Seed 1 or rarely 2 per fruit, less than 2 mm long, longitudinally wrinkled, ± shiny; caruncle conical distally, the lobes fused. (Henderson 1987: 304). A more recent detailed description is provided by Barrett et al. (2021: 33–35), also details on distribution, phenology, habitat, conservation status and affinities.
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