Glabrum, 9 cm. altum: rami patentes vel primarii decumbentes vel radicantes, teretes, saepe 10-16 cm. long, 1-2 mm. diam., internodiis saepius 1-1.5 cm. longis; folia supra plana, dorso rotundata, apicem basinque versus leviter angustata, obtusa. vel subacuta, papillis in sectione sat magnis, nitentibus, saepius 1.5-2 cm. longa, ad 3 mm. lata diametroque; flores saepe 1-2-nati, 1.5 cm. diam., pedunculo 2.5-4 cm. longo; receptaculum subcrateriforme, a pedunculo bene distinctum, 1.5 mm. longum, 3 mm. diam.; sepala 5, 2-5 mm., vel 3-6 mm., longa in eodem flore; petala 3-4-seriata, obtusa vel emarginata, interiora acuminata in staminodia transeuntia, basi leviter angustata, alba, apice rosea, ad 6 mm. longa, ad 1.5 mm. lata; staminodia erecta vel apice vix recurvata, alba, ad 3.5 mm. longa; filamenta conferta alba, ad 3 mm. longa, intima apice papillata, antheris luteis; glandulae distantes; ovarium supra 5-lobatum; stigmata subulata, 1.5 mm. longa.
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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.25 m high, branches decumbent, roots thickened. Leaves semi-terete, with low bladder cells. Flowers 1-3, white. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, 5-locular, closing bodies absent.
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