Suberectum, 12 cm. album, vel ferum inter frutices fortasse scandens, glabrum; partes berbaceae laete virides leves; rami senecti lignosi rigidique, saepe 3 mm. diam., juniores teretes, 1-2 mm. diam., internodiis saepius 0.6-3 cm. longis; folia fere linearia vel lineare oblanceolata, lat. visa superne leviter angustata, subacuta, supra plana vel leviter concava, carinafa, carina interdum obscura, lateribus planis vel convexis, 2.2 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata diametroque vel 3-3.5 cm. longa, ad 7 mm. lata, 4 mm. diam.; flores solitarii, pauci visi, inconspicui diurni, pedunculo ad 6 mm. longo; receptaculum semiglobosum, ultra glandulas leviter productum, 2 mm. longum, ad 4 mm. diam.; sepala 5, valde inaequalia, in cultissimis 0.5-1.5 cm. longa; petala 3-seriata, sat densa, obtusa vel rarius emarginata, inferne leviter angustata, purpureo rosea, ad 6 mm. longa, ad 1.25 mm. lata; staminodia apioem versus patentia, demum vix recurva, pallida, ad 3.5 mm. longa; stamina conferta, ad 3 mm. longa, filainentis albis, intimis medio papillatis, antberis stramineis; glandulae crenulatae; ovarium circa marginem concavum, lobis fere erect is subcompressis, per 0.75 mm. elevatis; stigmata 5, subulata, caudate acuminata, 1.75 mm. longa.
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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.3 m high, branches smooth, woody with age, succulent. Leaves almost linear. Flowers solitary, pink. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, 5-locular.
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