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Perennial subshrub, ± 0.3 m high; stems woody at base, forming small, dense tufts. Leaves up to 30 x 3 mm, widening at apex, sheathing at base. Inflorescences of few-flowered, cymose pseudoracemes; peduncles up to 40 mm long, with 1 or 2 whorls of leaves, forking at nodes. Perianth segments 5 ± obovate, green (reddish brown) with white, membranous margins, connate at base. Nectariferous disc of 3 broad, obtuse lobes, white. Stigmas small, cylindrical, reflexed. Flowering time Nov.-Mar. Fruit a rounded, membranous, loculicidal, 3-5-valved capsule, longer than perianth. Seeds few, black, shining, bordered.
Perennial herb; small, dense tufts, solitary or a few together. Leaves in a compact, basal rosette, many; blade flat, slightly widened towards apex, 10-30 mm long, sheathing at base, rigid, erect; stipules caducous. Flowers: in a few-flowered raceme, up to 0.15 m high; perianth segments 3.0-3.5 mm long, white; Oct.-Dec.
