Low spreading shrub 0.1-0.9 m tall. Leaves entire, linear-subterete to subulate, rigid, pungent, 1-6 cm long, 0.9-1.1 mm wide; margins obscure, tightly revolute; upper surface 4-ridged; lower surface enclosed except for prominent midvein, obscurely 2-grooved. Conflorescence axillary and cauline, aggregated, simple, erect, a loose 1-4-flowered cluster; floral rachis 0.5-1 mm long, subsericeous. Flowers with orientation uncertain. Flower colour: perianth and style pinkish red. Perianth loosely subsericeous outside, bearded inside; tepals recoiled independently. Pistil 16.5-20.5 mm long; ovary stipitate, villous; style glabrous or with a few hairs and papillae in apical 1-2 mm; pollen-presenter very oblique. Follicle ellipsoidal to obovoid, 8-11 mm long, sparsely pubescent.
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