Psammotropha mucronata Fenzl

Short-stemmed with basal leaves, green or slightly glaucous, in loose or firm cushions or patches. Stems 2-10 cm long, simple or more commonly branched, not widened at the tip. Leaf-tufts few or many, not depressed in the centre. Leaves 0.5-2 cm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, elongate-oblong or linear-spatulate, thin, rather translucent, distinctly narrowed to the base, acute or aristate with a short bristle, the midrib not projecting and often not visible. Leaves usually colourless at the base. Inflorescences few or many, erect or spreading, generally rather slender, 3-25 cm high, simple or with ascending branches, the lower nodes 1-2 cm apart. Bracts like the leaves but small, mucronate-bristled. Flowers in groups of 3-6, most often unilateral. Pedicels 1.5-2 mm long, about as long as the bracts. Perianth segments 1-1.5 mm long, incurved, with a broad membranous edge and a rounded bulging midrib. Stamens on or just outside a ring-like disc. Ovary 3 or 5-chambered; style as long as the ovary, 3 or 5-fid at the tip. Seeds brown, with fine concentric ridges.