Dwarf shrub, succulent, up to 0.3 m; not spinescent. Stems erect in other bushes or decumbent with a dense centre and long shoots. Leaves lunate in side view; blade triquetrous, 8-10 x 3-4 mm, apex white, bending back. Flowers: solitary, distant; petals rose-purple; staminodes and filaments purple. Fruit 5-locular.