Densely branching, perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.35 m high. Leaves succulent, semi-terete, upper surface grooved, covered with rounded bladder cells, apex blunt. Flowers in rich cymes, pink with white centre. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a ledge, expanding keels parallel, broad, valve wings broad.
Dwarf shrub, succulent, up to 0.25 m high. Stems densely branched, internodes light ochre, bladder cells elongate, distant. Leaves semiterete, apex acute, bright green. Flowers: in loose cymes; corolla up to 30 mm in diameter; petals rose-purple; staminodes pink; filaments pale pink; Oct.-Feb.