Rami 7 visi, glabri, laxe ramulosi, flexuosi, ad 18 cm longi, ad 4 mm diam., internodiis 1-3.5 cm longis; ramuli ultimi floriferi 2-5 cm longi; folia erecta vel ascendentia vel rare patentia, supra linearia acuminata, lateraliter visa prope apicem angustata, dorso subobtuso, viridia, 2-4.2 cm longa, 4 mm lata diametroque, matura brevissime vaginata; flores 1.8 cm diam., singuli vel 3-nati vel demum 2-ternati cymamque densam formantes; receptaculum saepius semiglobosum, ca. 4.5 mm longum diametroque; sepala 5, acuta vel acuminata, valde inaequalia, extima ad 1.7 cm, cum aetate ad 2 cm, accrescentia, basi 4 mm lata, interiora marginata, 4-6 mm longa, basi 2-4.5 mm lata; petala 2-seriata, e supra medium inferne angustata, apice rotundo, roseo purpurea, ad 8 mm longa, ad 1.5 mm lata; staminodia petaloidea, ad stamina adpressa eaque leviter superantia, rosea, 3.5-4 mm longa; filamenta 3-seriata, rosea, 2-3 mm longa, in medio vel parum supra papillata, antheris pollineque luteis; glandulae approximatae crenulatae; ovarii lobi erecti, obtuse compressi, glandulas non attingentes; stigmata 5, subulata, 1.5 mm longa, cauda brevissima.
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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, forming loose clumps, up to 0.2 m high. Leaves succulent, linear to acuminate, upper surface flat, lower surface keeled especially near stems, apex acute to recurved in older leaves. Flowers solitary or ternate, deep crimson. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale honey-coloured, mostly 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a ledge, expanding keels parallel, valve wings broad.
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