Nnial, mat-forming, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.15 m high, up to 0.3 m in diam., roots fibrous. Leaves lanceolate, acute to acuminate; leaves and sepals covered with rounded bladder cells. Flowers 1-3, white to pale or bright pink; sepals tinged red. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, shallow, 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced.