Glaberrimum, caule subterraneo sat robusto, reptante, ramos multos, decumbentes vel adscendentes, graciles elongatos ad 38 cm. longos, emittente, internodiis 1-3.5 cm. longis; folia fere erecta vel alterum patens, lateraliter visa acuminata, primum saepe subfalcata, apice recurvata, acute carinata, supra lateribusque plana, levia, sordide glauco-viridia, 2.5-3 cm. longa, 2-3 mm. lata, saepius 3 mm. diam.; flores inconspicui numerosa, 3-4-ternati; receptaculum turbinatum, apice 3 mm. diam.; sepala 5, fere aequilonga, ad 4 mm. longa, petala bene superantia; petala 1-seriata, sat densa, lorata obtusa subhyalina, 3 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, staminodia vix superantia; stamina conico-collecta, staminodiis petaloideis acuminatis, 3 mm. longis, circumdata, filamentis ad 2.5 mm. longis, interioribus papillatis; glandulae 5; ovarium supra 5-lobum, lobis obtusis; stigmata 5, subulata acuminata, 1.5 mm. longa; capsula generis, seminibus asperulis rubro-brunneis rotundo-obovatis, 1 mm. longis.
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Plants sprawling or prostrate. Prostrate perennial with branches to 40 cm from a woody caudex. Leaves suberect, acuminate, recurved. Flowers in many-flowered cymes, white, small. Fruits 5-locular.