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Erect or sprawling dwarf shrub, simple or branched, 0.10-0.15 m high, woody only at very base. Leaves alternate, crowded, tufted at apex, up to 30 mm long, hair-points deciduous. Inflorescences terminal; peduncles up to 80 mm long, terminating in a whorl of leaves; repeatedly dichasial, ultimately pseudoracemes. Nectariferous disc white, of 3 obtuse, very thin lobes. Stigmas short, white, revolute. Flowering time Aug.-June. Fruit a rounded, loculicidal, 3-5-valved capsule, slightly longer than perianth. Seeds dark brown, finely granulate, discoid-biconvex, rim distinct.
Perennial herb; stems erect or sprawling, woody only at very base. Leaves linear or filiform, 5-30 mm long; stipules hair-like or with narrow lobes at apices or margins, not persistent after leaf-fall, not covering stem or surrounding older leaves. Flowers: inflorescences dichotomously branched; peduncles 30-80 mm long, usually with a whirl of leaves at top; pedicels very slender, 10-20 mm long; perianth segments 2.5-3.0 mm long, white; Nov.-Apr.
Erect or sprawling shrublet, up to 300 mm tall, woody at base. Leaves mostly in a basal tuft, also distant along stem in whorls, linear, stipules membranous, fimbriate-laciniate. Flowers in terminal and axillary cymes on long peduncles, white, ± 3 mm long.
Erect or sprawling shrublet to 30 cm, woody at base. Leaves mostly in a basal tuft, also distant along stem in whorls, linear. Flowers in terminal and axillary cymes on long peduncles, white, ± 3 mm long.
