Herb, annual, puberulent throughout and with long, glandular hairs mostly on the inflorescence. Stem erect, often branched from base, 5–20 cm high. Leaves sessile, linear-subulate, 5–15 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide. Inflorescence loose, usually many-flowered; bracts herbaceous. Pedicels erect or spreading, 5–15 mm long. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 4–7 mm long, with prominent, green veins; calyx lobes very short, broadly ovate, obtuse to subacute. Petals linear-cuneate, 5–9 mm long, pink, with 3 darker veins, entire, emarginate or bilobed. Styles 2. Capsule ovoid or conical, 4–5 mm long. Seeds 0.5–0.8 mm long, black, rostellate, bluntly tuberculate.