Planta fere erecta, in graminosis orta, glabra, copiose ramosa, cum floribus ad 20 cm. alta, ca. ad 25 cm. diam. vel ultra; radix lignosa, 2 cm. diam.; rami primarii breves, basi ad 4 mm. diam., secondarii ad 2 mm., hornotini saepe 0.5 mm., diam., gracillime graminei, internodiis 1-4 cm. longis; folia erecta vel ascendentia vel e medio recurva, semiteretia, supra lateraliterque visa acuta, viridia, 1-2 cm. longa cum vagina ca. 0.5 mm. longa, medio saepius ad 3 mm. lato diametroque; flores solitarii, inter minima in genere; pedunculi gracillimi, saepius 2-5 cm. longi; receptaculum obconicum, proper apicem leviter constrictum, 3 mm. longum, ad 4 mm. diam.; sepala 5, acuta inaequilonga, 3-6 mm., vel in fructu immature ad 8 mm., longa, basi 1.5-2 mm. lata, interiora late marginata; petala non bene visa, ca. 3-seriata, inferne leviter angustata, obtusa alba, 4-5 mm. longa, ca. ad 0.75 mm. lata; staminodia non visa; filamenta ca. 4 seriata, alba, antheris pollineque primum stramineis; glandulae conspicuae crenulatae; stigmata 5, angustissime subulata, 3 mm. longa cum cauda ca. 1 mm. longa; capsula infra obconica, pallida, 4 mm. longa, 6 mm., expansa 1 cm., diam., supra per 2 mm. elevata, suturis compressis, apice ringente.
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Perennial, much-branched, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.25 m high, with upright stems, rootstock woody. Leaves semi-terete, erect to ascending, bladder cells, apex acute. Flowers solitary, white. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, shallow, 5-locular, closing bodies absent.
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