Ebracteola derenbergiana (Dinter) Dinter & Schwantes

Compact, tufted, succulent perennial, ± 100 mm tall, taproot thickened. Leaves stiff, 3-sided, laterally compressed, keel and margins rounded, dotted. Flowers pink, pale towards base, sometimes white, pedicels short, filamentous staminodes and stamens white, arranged in a cone, nectary a ring. Fruit persisting in centre of plant, 5-locular, funnel-shaped, tapering into fruit stalk, expanding keels ending in an awn, closing bodies small and round or bigger and egg-shaped.