Glabrum; rami decumbentes vel prostrati radicantesque, saepe 45 cm. longi vel ultra, demum teretes cinereique, 2 mm. diam., internodiis 2.5-3 cm. longis; ramuli erecti vel demum patentes, saepe ad 7 cm. longi; folia adscendentia vel patentia vel reflexa, apice conspicue (pro genere) uncinata, carinata, supra inferne plana, superne convexula, lateribus leviter convexis vel altero fere piano, lateraliter visa acuta, parum infra apicem leviter ampliata, levia viridia, 1.5-3 cm. longa, 2-4 mm. lata, 2-3 mm., vel rarius 3-4 mm., diam., vagina 1 mm. longa; flores 3-nati vel tardissime 2-ternati, diurni, 2 cm. diam., pedunculo centrali demum 1.5 cm. longo; receptaculum subclavatum, in pedunculum gradatim abeuns, sulcatum, sulcis inter sepala, in pedunculum decurrentibus; sepala 5, parum inaequilonga, in alabastro erecta, in flore aperto vel clauso patentia, acuta, majora supra convexa, infra carinata, minora supra carinata, infra subplana, 6-7 mm., vel post anthesin 8 mm., longa; petala densa 2-seriata subaequilonga, obtusa vel pauca brevia acuta addita, nivea, ad 8 mm. longa, basi 1 mm., apice 2 mm., lata; staminodia superne reeurva acuta nivea, stamina bene superantia, ad 6 mm. longa; stamina ad 4 mm. longa, filamentis niveis, medio vel parum supra longe papillatis, antheris parvis cum polline aureis; glandulae inter se distantes; ovarium supra per 1 mm. elevatum, inconspicue lobatum. lobis dorsaliter complanatis; stigmata 5 subulata acuminata, ad 2 mm. longa.
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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.1 m high, stems prostrate, forming mats. Leaves glaucous, smooth, terete, apex apiculate, recurved. Flowers 3-nate, white. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, 5-locular, closing bodies absent.
Plants sprawling or prostrate. Sprawling, succulent perennial, with grey stems to 45 cm long. Leaves very smooth, recurved, 15-30 mm long, 2-4 mm broad and thick. Flowers in cymes on pedicels to 15 mm long, white. Fruits 5-locular, ±6 mm diam.
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