Glabrum caespitosum; rami prostrati, ad 4 mm. diam., e basi ramulos graciles floriferos emittentes; folia patentia vel recurvata, supra concava, viridia, primaria ad 4 cm. longa, ad 5 mm. lata, saepe medio 3 mm. diam.; i lores saepius solitarii ramulum brevem terminantes itaque inflorescentiam laxam formantes, foliis intermixtis, rarius 3-nati, diurni, corolla demum ad 2.2 cm. diam., vel rarius 2.4 cm.; pedunculi 1.5-2 cm. longi, apice leviter constricti; receptaculum turbinatum, 6 mm. longa, 6 mm. diam., apice leviter contrictum; sepala valde inaequilonga, ad 0.7-1.2 cm. longa, interdum accrescentia; petala 1-2-seriata, in sectione sat densa, subaequilonga, apicem versus interdum leviter ampliata, nivea, ad 9 mm. longa, fere ad 1.5 mm. lata; staminodia late recurvata, basi pallida, deinde rosea, apice acuminata alba, 5 mm. longa; stamina ad 3.5 mm. longa, filamentis pallidus, exterioribus parcissime papilloso-ciliatis, interioribus medio vel supra papillata, antheris luteis; glandulae distantes undulatae; ovarium leviter elevatum, lobis distantibus obtusis, glandulas haud attingentibus; stigmata 5 subulata acuminata, ad 2.25 mm. longa; capsula 8 mm. diam., valvis ringentibus.
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Perennial, prostrate, dwarf shrublet with decumbent branches, up to 0.15 m high. Leaves succulent, spindle-shaped, upper surface grooved, covered by even bladder cells, apex rounded. Flowers solitary or in cymes, white. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale honey-coloured, 4-or 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a ledge, expanding keels parallel, valve wings not much broader than expanding keels.
D. brevipetalo, L. Bol. valde affine, sed foliis late patentibus vel decurvatis, petalis majoribus, stigmatibus sine seta apicali, praecipue differt.
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