Erect, succulent herb to 30 cm high. Leaves usually in a whorl of 3, occasionally opposite; lamina cuneate to obovate, to 15 mm long, 7 mm wide, secondary venation obscure; base cuneate; apex obtuse. Spike terminal, solitary or very rarely paired, to 6 cm long; peduncle 5–8 mm long; fertile axes 2.1–5 cm long. Flowers slightly sunken into axis, spaced 0.9–1.3 mm apart; bracts rounded, 0.4–0.5 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide. Anthers c. 0.2 mm long, 0.2 mm wide. Ovary rounded, 0.3–0.4 mm long, 0.2–0.3 mm diam. Drupes papillose, c. 1 mm long.