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Small, tufted, herbaceous plant, 0.03-0.10 m in diam., in low cushions or mats; apricot-or purplish-coloured. Leaves crowded at branch tips, a few scattered; incurved, oblong or obovate, subacute to apiculate, slightly narrowed at base, margins in upper half forming a pale, membranous border. Inflorescences glomerulate cymes; peduncles up to 50 mm long. Flowers crowded, pedicellate, small. Perianth segments obtuse, incurved, ± cucullate, bulged on back. Style 4-or 5-fid at top. Stigmas small, knob-like. Flowering time Oct.-Mar. Fruit a chartaceous, loculicidal capsule; 1 ovule per locule. Seeds brown, finely punctate.
Dwarf, cushion-forming perennial, up to 20 mm tall, often purplish, with wiry branches. Leaves crowded at branch tips, incurved-obovate, margins whitish, stipules small, laciniate or absent. Flowers in clusters on thread-like peduncles, greenish.
Tufted, cushion-forming perennial to 2 cm, often purplish, with wiry branches. Leaves crowded at branch tips, incurved-obovate, margins whitish. Flowers in clusters on thread-like peduncles, greenish.
