Planta glaberrima; rami decumbentes lignosi, ad 17 cm longi, internodiis 1-4.5 cm longis, ad 3 mm diam., vel plantae cultae compactae vel interdum caespitosae; folia ascendentia vel patentia vel reflexa, supra ovalia vel ovata vel oblonga, acuta, levia polita, viridia vel interdum sordide purpurea, 1.2-2.5 cm longa, 7-13 mm lata, ad 8 mm diam.; flores solitarii, subsessiles vel pedunculi ad 5 mm, fructiferi ad 1.5 cm, longi; receptaculum obconicum, ad 4 mm longum, ad 7 mm diam.; sepala 5 extima folia simulantia, 8-10 mm longa, ad 4 mm diam., interiora mucronata marginata, 2-4 mm longa, vel in flore altero extima 8 mm, interiora 4-6 mm, longa; petala ca. 3-seriata, e parum infra medium inferne angustata, obtusa alba nitentia, 4-15 mm longa, ad 1.75 mm lata; staminodia ad stamina adpressa eaque leviter excedentia; filamenta 3-seriata,epapillata, antheris pollineque primum luteis; glandulae subdistantes crenulatae; ovarii lobi erecti, obtuse compressi, ad 2 mm elevati; stigmata 5, anguste subulata, ad 2.5 mm longa cum cauda 0.75 mm longa; capsula infra obconica 6 mm longa, 7 mm, expansa, 12 mm, diam., supra ad 3 mm elevata, suturis compressis.
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Perennial, glabrous, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.1 m high, branches decumbent, mat-forming. Leaves connate at base, elliptical to ovate or oblong above, acute. Flowers solitary, white. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a narrow ledge.
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