Compact to caespitose, succulent shrubs to 8 cm. Leaves trigonous with a pronounced chin, those of a pair differing in size, light grey, 13-20 x10 x to 9 mm. Flowers solitary, yellow. Fruits 6-9 mm diam., on persistent stalks to 15 mm long, base funnel-shaped, top flat, valve wings broad, 5-locular.