Planta 1 visa,rigida. 45 cm. alta, radice lignosa, 1.2 cm. diam., caule 7 mm. diam., laxissime ramosa; rami 16-27 cm. longi, internodiis 1.1-3 cm. longis, 1-2 mm. diam., pallidis vel subrubidis; folia ascendentia vel patentia vel recurva, supra plana linearia, longe acuminata, obscure carinata, sparse minuteque papillata, papillis setiferis, setis decurvis, duplo longioribus quam papillis, 2.2-4.3 cm. longa, parum supra basim 3-4 mm. lata, 2 mm. diam.; flores 1-3-nati, ad 2.4 cm. diam.; pedunculi a receptaculo bene distincti; receptaculum subglobosum, ca. 3 mm. longum diametroque; sepala 5, valde inaequilonga, exteriora longe acuminata, ad 1.5 cm. longa, basi 3 mm. lata, interiora acuminata 3-5 mm. longa, 1.5-2 mm. lata; petala 4-seriata, intima acuta, exteriora irregulariter emarginata, roseo purpurea, ad 9 mm. longa, ad 1 mm. lata vel parum ultra; staminodia alba vel superne rosea, stamina leviter excedentia; filamenta 4-seriata, seriebus 3 infra medium papillatis, pallidissime roseis, antheris pollineque luteis; glandulae approximatae, obscure crenulatae, humiles; ovarium circa marginem planum, lobis erectis, obtuse compressis, ad 0.75 mm. elevatis; stigmata anguste subulata, ad 1.5 mm. longa cum cauda ca. 0.75 mm. longa.
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Perennial or annual, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.45 m high, with woody rootstock, succulent. Leaves linear, joined at base with elongated bladder cells turning to hairs, apex acute. Flowers 1-3, pink. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, shallow, 5-locular.
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