Small, in low cushions or patches. Stems procumbent, 2-20 cm long, much branched. Leaves crowded at the branch tips and some along the stem. Leaves 2-3.5 mm long, about 1 mm wide, elliptical-oblong, not or very slightly narrowed to the base, shortly mucronate at the tip, usually with a white membranous margin in the upper half. Inflorescence erect, 0.5-2 cm high, unbranched, with 1-3 nodes with rather crowded flowers. Bracts flat, longer than the pedicels. Pedicels as long as or shorter than the perianth. Perianth 1-2 mm long, the lobes obtuse, cucullate. Stamens inserted outside a cup-like disc. Stigmas short, 3, on a short style.
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