Schlechteranthus abruptus (A.Berger) R.F.Powell

Sparse, upright to spreading shrub, to 250 mm tall. Branches to 9 mm in diameter; upper branches brown; leaves crowded towards tips of branches, old leaves not remaining on the branch. Leaves triquetrous, lanceolate in outline; 12.0-20.0 x 2.5-5.0 mm; leaf pairs fused for 0.25 of length; mucro prominent; prominently velvety as a result of extended papillae of epi-dermal cells; green. Flowers solitary; on central primary axis to 11 mm long, equal proportionally to capsule length, bracteoles persistent, present less than 0.25 way down axis; spines absent; filamentous staminodes few, forming an incomplete series around the stamens. Fruit 8-locular; top slightly convex, base widely funnel-shaped; 5.0 x 3.5 mm; closing rodlets conspicuous; valve wings absent.