Humile, minute papillosum, papillis in setam patentem abeuntibus, ob has omnibus partibus herbaceis pubescentibus, ramis confertis, demum diffuse decumbentibus, hispidis glabrescentibus, internodiis 1-2.5 cm longis; folia adscendentia, dorso rotundata, supra plana, acuta, 0.4-2 cm longa, ad 0.5 cm lata diametroque; flores 5-meri, die expansi, 3-nati, 1.5 cm diam., pedunculis 0.4-1 cm longis, lateralibus infra medium bracteatis; calycis tubus crateriformis, segmentis lanceolatis acutis, inter se subaequilongis, 0.5 cm longis, tribus membranaceo-marginatis; petala pluri-seriata linearia obtusa, basin versus parum angustata, rubro-purpurea, 0.6 cm longa, ad 0.1 cm lata, interiora in staminodia gradatim abeuntia; stamina collecta incurvata, staminodiis apice recurvatis circumdata, filamentis inferne pallidis, superne purpurascentibus, interioribus barbatis,ad 0.2 cm longis, antheris luteis; discus e glandulis 5, transverse linearibus, compositus; ovarium supra planum, sine medio vero parum elevato, stigmatibus subulatis, longe setaceo-acuminatis, 0.15 cm longis; capsula 0.7 cm diam.
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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, forming a loose mat, up to 0.1 m high, with decumbent branches. Leaves succulent, cylindrical with a grooved or flat upper surface, bladder cells ending in hairs, apex blunt or acute. Flowers solitary or in cymes, pink, borne on a hairy pedicel. Flowering time Sept.-Jan. Capsules honey-coloured, valve rims high, valve wings much broader than expanding keels; expanding keels parallel for most of their length, diverging at apex, covering membranes reduced to a ledge.
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