Hypertelis spergulacea E.Mey. ex Fenzl

A glabrous glaucous plant with erect stems in bunches from a woody rootstock. Aerial stems 10-30 cm high, rather rigid, green, mostly unbranched, with whorls of leaves separated by internodes 2-8 cm long. Leaves cylindrical, fleshy, narrowed to the base, both basal and in whorls of 4-6 along the stem. Basal leaves 1.5-2 cm long, about 2 mm diam., narrowed to a short petiole about 1 mm long; stipules forming obtuse lateral bulges 1-2 mm long, with a projection on the upper margin ranging from a small knob to a falcate process 1 mm long. Stem leaves similar but smaller, 1-1.5 cm long, with small stipules without a projection or with a very small one. Inflorescences axillary. Peduncles slender, 1.5-4 cm long. Umbels with 3-4 flowers, rarely 6. Pedicels 1-2 cm long, spreading or deflexed at the fruiting stage. Perianth smooth, 3-4 mm long. Stamens 20-30, usually in groups. Stigmas 3-5, yellow, rather thick. Fruit as long as the perianth. Seeds lenticular.