Perennial dwarf shrub, succulent, wiry decumbent branches, hardly woody, leaf pairs spirally arranged, old ones remaining on stem, 0.3-0.4 m high. Leaves linear, 6-15 x 1-3 mm, acute, dorsiventrally compressed, glabrous or slightly papillose, leathery, green to yellowish green. Inflorescence a rounded thyrse, many loosely arranged, pedicellate flowers, indistinct peduncle with leaf-like bracts, shorter upwards. Calyx fleshy, acute, glabrous, green. Corolla tubular, fused 0.6 mm, cream-coloured; lobes oblong to oblanceolate, 2.0-2.5 mm long, rounded, slightly hooded, recurved. Flowering time Dec.-May.