Rami 2 visi, 3-5 cm. longi, ad 3 cm. diam., internodiis ad 1.1 cm. longis, ad 2 mm. diam.; partes herbaceae laete virides; folia ascendentia vel patentia vel e medio recurva, supra plana vel leviter concava, linearia obtusa, vel oblonge obovata, interdum leviter dimidiata, dorso subconvexo, minute punctata, punctis setiferis, setis ascendentibus vel patentibus vel decurvis, quam punctis longioribus, ad 1.6 cm. longa, explanata 4-7 mm. lata; flores 3-nati; pendunculi teretes hispidi, 2-5 mm. longi; receptaculum obconicum vel subglobosum vel fere semiglobosum, setiferum, setis fere ad 1 mm. longis, 4 mm. longum, ad 5 mm. diam., sepala 5, exteriora subobtusa, 8 mm. longa, basi 2.5-3 mm. lata, interiora marginata acuta, 3-5 mm. longa, basi 3-4 mm. lata; petala ca. 30, 2-seriata, parum inaequilonga, e parum supra medium subcuneate angustata, purpureo rosea, ad 7 mm. longa, ad 1 mm. lata; staminodia stamina leviter excedentia, 3 mm. longa; filamenta 3-seriata, alba, fere epapillata, antheris pollineque albidis; glandulae crenulatae, fere contiguae; ovarii lobi obtusi, leviter compressi, glandulas attingentes; stigmata angustissime subulata, inconspicue papillata, 1.5 mm. longa, cauda subnulla.
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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, forming dense clumps, up to 0.3 m high, adventitious roots fibrous. Leaves succulent, linear to elongate-obovate, dorsiventrally flattened or thick, papillae on surface forming long hairs, apex apically recurved. Flowers solitary or ternate, deep pink. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules 5-locular, with no closing bodies, covering membranes absent or reduced to minute ledges, large valve wings, expanding keels parallel for their entire length, locules forming pockets.
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