Perennial dwarf shrub, succulent, branched towards apex, erect, woody stems, ± 0.8 m high, old leaves not deciduous. Leaves narrowly oblong, 30-60 x 3-6 mm, obtuse or rounded, dorsiventrally flattened scarcely convex, marginal cilia, grey-green to brown. Inflorescence a flat thyrse, many dichasia; many almost sessile flowers; peduncle indistinct. Calyx acute, fleshy, green to brown, marginal teeth. Corolla tubular, fused 1.0-1.5 mm, cream-coloured; lobes oblanceolate to panduriform, 3.5-4.5 mm long, acuminate, without dorsal appendage, scarcely recurved. Flowering time Dec., Jan.
Shrublet to 80 cm, branching mainly above. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, margins with rounded cilia. Flowers many in flat-topped to rounded clusters on short peduncles, cream-coloured, sessile, tubular, petals ± 4 mm long.