Shrub to 20 cm; stems setulose-pilose or with scattered hairs. Leaves shortly petiolate, ovate, oblong or obovate, more or less flat, 2.5–3.5 mm long, 1.5–2.2 mm wide, often setulose near margin and below; margins recurved; midrib prominent; petiole ciliate. Flowers solitary or in much-branched dichasia; bracts and bracteoles similar to leaves but smaller, the margins more recurved. Calyx c. 5–6 mm long; ribs setulose-pilose; grooves glabrous. Petals 5, spathulate, truncate, 6–7 mm long. Stamens 6. Style 3-branched; stigmas clavate; ovules 12 to many; placentation parietal.
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