Perennial, dwarf shrublet. with decumbent branches, up to 0.05 m high, with long thickened, fibrous roots. Leaves succulent, semi-terete, spindle-shaped with even small bladder cells, upper surface grooved, lower surface rounded, apex tapering to a blunt point. Flowers solitary, white withering to pale yellow. 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.