Glabrum; “radix tuberosa”; rami elongati, decumbentes vel debiles gracilesque, saepe 20 cm longi, 2 mm diam., internodiis 1-3 cm longis; folia adscendentia vel patenti-recurva, supra plana vel demum concava, obtuse carinata vel dorso fere rotundata, lat. visa acuta, saepius apiculata, levia viridia, 2-3 cm longa, medio 3-4 mm lata diametroque; pedunculi 0.5-2 cm longi; receptaculum subclavatum, 3 mm longum, 5 mm diam.; flores saepius solitarii, diurni, 2.3 cm diam.; sepala 5, acuminata, 4-8 mm longa; petala densa 3-seriata roseo-purpurea, exteriora obtusa vel denticulata, intima acuminata, ad 1 cm longa, 1.5 cm lata; staminodia glabra, pallide rosea vel alba, ad 5 mm longa; stamina conico-conferta, filamentis albis, ad 4 mm longis, exterioribus glabris, intimis medio parce papillatis, antheris luteis; glandulae approximatae; ovarium medium versus lobatum, lobis approximatis obtusis; stigmata 5, anguste subulata, caudato-acuminata, 2 mm longa.
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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.25 m high, stems decumbent, rootstock tuberous. Leaves smooth, ascending, flat or concave on top with age, obtusely keeled or almost rounded below, apex recurved. Flowers solitary to 3-nate, deep crimson. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a narrow ledge, valve wings twice as broad as expanding keels.
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