Perennial dwarf shrub, succulent, much branched, erect, slightly woody, 0.3 m high, old leaves deciduous. Leaves opposite, oblanceolate to club-shaped, 15-20 x 4-8 mm, obtuse to bluntly acute, slightly convex above, distinctly convex below, hairy, green to yellowish green with reddish margins. Inflorescence an elongate, terminal thyrse with several globular dichasia; flowers sessile; peduncle 0.05-0.15 m long, hairy. Calyx fleshy, grey to yellowish green, with hairs, marginal cilia. Corolla tubular, fused 0.5-0.6 mm, pale yellow; lobes panduriform, 3-4 mm long, terminal ovoid dorsal appendage present, apex membranous on inside. Flowering time Jan.-Mar.
Much-branched shrublet, 0.1-0.3 m tall. Leaves oblanceolate to club-shaped, flat to convex above and very convex below, 15-20 x 4-8 mm, pubescent. Flowers in a round-topped cluster, on a 3-many-branched inflorescence, on a pubescent peduncle 0.05-0.15 m long, tubular, petals 3-4 mm long, fused in lower 0.6 mm, with an acute terminal appendage, pale yellow.
Shrublet to 30 cm, branches erect, later spreading. Leaves opposite, oblanceolate to club-shaped, densely hairy, margins often red. Flowers in globular clusters forming elongated panicles, tubular, pale yellow, petals ± 3.5 mm long.