Prostrate small shrub, compact or occasionally spreading; stems glabrous or pilose; internodes often very short. Leaves petiolate, linear, 2.5–5 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, shining and punctate on upper surface, white-pubescent below; margins recurved, usually covering midrib; pctiole ciliate. Flowers in short dichasia; bracts and bracteoles similar to leaves. Calyx tubular, 3.8–5.7 mm long, glabrous outside or puberulous between ribs, covered with appressed hairs inside or with lines of hairs along ridges. Petals 5, narrow, 8–10 mm long, white. Stamens 6; anthers red. Style 3-branched; stigmas minute, capitate; ovules 3, basal, the long funicles reflexed in upper half.
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