Perennial herb, succulent, prostrate or decumbent branches, ± 0.15 m long, rooting from nodes, old leaves not deciduous. Leaves obovate, elliptic, almost linear, 3-25 x 2-8 mm, acute to rounded, dorsiventrally compressed, slightly convex both sides, with hairs and cilia, green to grey-green. Inflorescence a flat-topped thyrse, 1-several dichasia; flowers pedicellate or almost sessile; distinct peduncle but leaves gradually shorter upwards. Calyx fleshy, green, covered with hairs and marginal cilia. Corolla tubular, fused 1 mm, white to cream-coloured; lobes oblong-obovate, 2.0-3.5 mm long, acute, dorsal appendage, recurved. Flowering time Jan.-Mar.