Humile, caule prostrato rigido, 0.5 cm. diam., ramis confertis, ramulis ultimis 4-foliatis, internodiis brevissimis inclusis; folia adscendentia connata, vagina ad 3 cm. longa, triquetra, medio supra concava, subspinose apiculata, carina infra apicem rigide 1-denticulata, glauco-viridia, saturate viridi-punctata, parte libera 0.8-1 cm. longa, medio ad 0.3 cm. lata; flores solitarii 5-meri, 1.8-2 cm. diam., pedunculis gracilibus, basi 2-bracteatis, saepius 1-5 cm. longis, accrescentibus ad 2.5 cm. longis vel ultra, induratis vel sub-spinescentibus; calyx turbinatus, segmentis inter se subaequilongis, lanceolatis acutis, 0.4-0.5 cm. longis, 3-4 membranaceo-marginatis; petala 1-2-seriata lineari-spathulata acuta rosea, 0.7-0.8 cm. longa, vix 0.1 cm. lata; staminodia staminaque collecta, filamentis basi parcebarbatis albidisque, superne roseis, ad 0.4 cm. longis, antheris luteis; glandulae nectariferae fere discretae, crenulatae; ovarium supra globoseconvexum, profunde lobatum, stylis erectis, demum conspicue radianti-bus, lineari-subulatis, longe acuminatis, luteis, ad 0.45 cm. longis.
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Perennial, caespitose, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.1 m high, forming compact clumps, roots fibrous, thickened. Leaves triquetrous, shortly united into sheaths around stems, glaucous, keel and margins cartilaginous, apex toothed, punctate. Flowers solitary, bright pink. Flowering time Sept.-Apr. Capsules woody, deciduous, leaving the pedicel as a star-shaped stalk, 5-locular, valve wings absent, closing bodies present, covering membranes complete.
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