Perennial, mat-forming, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.2 m high. Leaves succulent, bright green, smooth, decussate, markedly anisophyllous, margins white, 2 large teeth on upper surface. Flowers pedicellate, solitary, yellow. Flowering time winter and spring. Capsules pale brown, 6-8-locular, tops high, valves thick and spongy, valve wings absent, expanding keels ending in awns, covering membranes complete, closing bodies present.