Caulescent, little-branched, succulent herb to a few decimeters tall, glabrous and more or less glaucous. Leaves sessile, obovate or spatulate, up to 7 cm. long and almost 3 cm. broad in the larger, basal leaves, progressively smaller along the flowering stems, rounded or abruptly acute at the tip, broadly cuneate at the base, entire. Inflorescence terminal, appearing racemose by the insertion of flowers in the axils of reduced, frequently caducous leaves; pedicels 2-5 mm. long. Flowers moderate, pink; sepals 5, narrowly or broadly ovate, rather unequal, 5-10 mm. long; petals 5, lanceolate, about 1 cm. long, rather thick and rigid, mucronate-acute, essentially free; stamens 10, almost equalling the petals; filaments slender, glabrous; anthers oblong, about 1 mm. long.
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