Shrubs or low stunted shrublets 0.2-4.5 m high, often rooted in rock crevices. Stems often stunted, branching profusely on younger growth, branchlets ascending, arcuate; younger branchlets densely whitish tomentose: cork fissured between yellowish leaf scars. Leaves diverging at ±45°. narrowly oblong in outline, length x depth (2.4-)2.(-3.0) x 0.6-1.7 mm; abaxial surface laterally compressed and glabrous: apex truncate to rounded: base dilated. Inflorescences subcapitulate, ± ellipsoid. pale green. Bracts ascending, obovate to widely obovate: lamina adaxially concave, villous, abaxially convex, glabrous, coriaceous, ribbed, pale green, base cuneate; main vein extending into obtuse to acute apex; length x depth (2.5-)2.9 x 1.5 mm. Flowers: floral envelope ±4.9 mm long. Hypanthium: apex of ovary tomentose. neck tomentose. ±0.7 mm long. Calyx: outer lobes concave ovate, apex adaxially tomentose, abaxially glabrous: inner lobes widely obovate. adaxially tomentose, abaxially glabrous. Androecium: filaments of antipetalous whorl ±1.2 mm and antisepalous whorl ±1.4 mm long: anthers 0.9 x 0.4 mm. Chary 2.5 x 0.9 mm.
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