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Cyathia c. 2.5 × 3.5 mm with cup-shaped involucres; glands widely separated, c. 1.7 × 2 mm, subquadrate, dark green, outer margins with 2–4 slender, subulate, yellow processes 1–2 mm long; lobes c. 1 × 1.5 mm, transversely oblong, toothed, ciliate.
Dwarf succulent, up to 120 mm tall. Branches up to 150 mm long or occasionally longer. Peduncles 10 mm long, remains of peduncles persistent. Flowers yellow.
Cyathia produced towards branch tips, with peduncles to 8–12 mm long, persistent and becoming woody; bracts 4–6, scale-like, deciduous.
Leaves clustered towards branch tips, to 10 × 2 mm, linear-lanceolate, entire, longitudinally folded, sessile.
Capsule c. 5 × 6 mm, obtusely lobed, green with red-brown lines along the sutures, sessile.
Seeds c. 3.2 × 2.5 mm, ovoid with truncate base and pointed apex, smooth.
Male flowers: bracteoles 3 mm long, laciniate; stamens 4.5 mm long.
Female flower: styles united for 1.5 mm, stigmas stout, recurved.
