Spathellas in clusters along the stems, 1–2.5 mm long, subspherical, sessile; flower reflexed within the spathella before anthesis.
Leaves exstipulate, 2–6.5 cm long, dividing dichotomously 2–3 times; leaf segments up to c. 2 mm wide, linear.
Stamens 2, longer than the ovary; filaments joined for over half their length.
Ovary spherical, c. 1.2 mm in diameter, borne on a gynophore 1–1.5 mm long.
Pedicel elongating to c. 10 mm after anthesis, bearing the flower erect.
Tepals 2, minute, one on each side of the andropodium, 0.3–0.4 mm long.
Capsule spherical, smooth, dehiscing by 2 equal caducous valves.
Stems ± densely caespitose, up to 50 cm long, branched.
Styles 2, linear, 0.7–0.8 mm long.
Thalloid part foliaceous.