Erect, branched, 12-18 in. high; branches terete, finely striate, pale glaucous-green; leaves 1/2-1 in. long, 1/2-3/4 lin. broad, sessile, distant, linear or linear-lanceolate, subfleshy, glaucous, glabrous; spikes pedunculate, capituliform, globose, dense-flowered; bracts 1 1/2 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, hyaline, concave, strongly keeled; perianth reaching 2 lin. long; segments ovate-oblong, mucronulate, 3-5-nerved on the back; staminodes hyaline, broad, 2-fid at the apex into 2 triangular acute lobes, shorter than the stamens; anthers linear-oblong; capsule globosely ovoid, circumscissile near the base; style scarcely 1/4 lin. long; stigmas 3, nearly 3/4 lin. long, spreading; seeds 3-5, less than 3/4 lin. in diam., lenticular, brown-black, shining.
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Rounded, broom-like shrub or dwarf shrub, up to 700 mm tall, with glaucous grey stems and leaves. Leaves sparse, linear, ascending. Flowers in terminal heads, pink to white, with membranous bracts.
A herb. It grows 25-40 cm tall. The branches have lines along them. The leaves are 1.2-2.5 cm long by 1.2-2 cm wide.
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