Herb, perennial, fleshy, with spreading branches to c. 30 cm long, mostly glabrous but with simple, white, curled hairs especially on young growth. Cauline leaves tapering gradually or somewhat abruptly to the base or with indistinct petioles to c. 3 mm long; lamina obovate or elliptic, 7–20 mm long, 3–13 mm wide, margin entire, glabrous or with a few curled simple hairs. Flowers 3–6 in axillary or terminal clusters; pedicels 4–7 mm long. Perianth segments 5–7 mm long, dimorphic; outer 2 segments c. 2.5 mm wide, greenish, with very narrow scarious margins; inner segments c. 5 mm wide, with a narrow greenish midrib and broad, white or pinkish scarious margins, glabrous. Stamens c. 25. Ovary glabrous. Styles 3.2 mm long. Capsule 4–5 mm long, 3-valved, enclosed within the perianth. Seeds subreniform, 1–1.2 mm long, shiny, dark red, with lines of tubercles visible but individual tubercles not always pronounced.
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