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Perennial subshrub, 0.01-0.02 m high; stems woody at base, branched, Sub-Erect, in small tufts. Leaves up to 15 mm long, revolute, apiculate into a bristle. Inflorescences many; peduncles slender, up to 60 mm long, mostly with one few-leaved whorl, from where branching of pseudoracemes commences. Perianth segments 5, often yellowish inside and at edges. Nectariferous disc of 3 broad, obtuse, crenulate lobes. Stigmas broad, revolute. Flowering time Dec.-Mar. Fruit a rounded, membranous, loculicidal, 3-5-valved capsule, as long as perianth. Seeds shining, subglobose.
Perennial herb; in small tufts with stems woody, branched, suberect. Leaves crowded; blade linear or filiform, 10-15 mm long; stipules persistent, entire or with 1 or 2 lateral points. Flowers: in an umbel-like inflorescence; peduncles 40-60 mm long with 1 or 2 leaves and stipules at top; pedicels slender, 5-10 mm long; perianth segments 3.5-5.0 mm long, white, often yellowish inside and at edges; Dec.-Apr.
