Annual, succulent herb, stiff, erect branches, ± 0.15 m high, glabrous with recurved papillae. Leaves narrowly triangular to lanceolate, 6-10 x 1-2 mm, acute with terminal seta, glabrous with few marginal papillae, fleshy to leathery, green to brown. Inflorescence a flat-topped thyrse with 1-several dichasia; flowers sessile, 5-merous. Calyx with terminal seta. Corolla cup-shaped, scarcely fused at base, cream-coloured tinged red; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 1.0-1.5 mm long, obtuse, erect. Flowering time Aug.-Nov.
Stiffly erect annual, up to 150 mm tall. Leaves opposite, triangular-lanceolate, papillate. Flowers sessile, in glomerules in a flat-topped thryse, cup-shaped or tubular, white, petals 1-1.5 mm, papillose, carpels tuberculate.
Stiffly erect annual to 15 cm. Leaves opposite, triangular-lanceolate, papillate. Flowers sessile in glomerules in a flat-topped thyrse, cup-shaped or tubular, white, petals 1.0-1.5 mm, papillose, carpels tuberculate.