Schlechteranthus maximiliani Schwantes

Densely branched succulent perennial shrub, 5-11 cm tall, to 20 cm diameter, internodes not visible, stems very woody. Leaves gray-green, fused with the stem toward their bases for almost half of their length to form a short sheath, sheath c. 3 mm long, free parts erect to spreading, 3-6 mm long, 5-6 mm broad, trigonous to triquetrous, tip sharply mucronate, sometimes serrulate along the keel, epidermis smooth. Flowers solitary, almost sessile, 25-28 mm diameter, calyx lobes 6, shorter than petaloid staminodes, petaloid staminodes pink-rose, filamentous staminodes and filaments pallid in the lower part turning pink toward the apex, surrounding the central cone of stamens, filaments shortly papillate near bases, pollen white, filamentous staminodes and stamens overtop stigmas, stigmas 8-11, 1.5 mm long, top of ovary raised, nectaries in a ring. Fruit 5-9 mm diameter, locules 8-11, top raised and dome-shaped, with low rims, base shortly funnel-shaped, closing bodies large, white, blocking the exit of the locule almost completely, valve wings absent, rarely present, covering membranes complete, with stiff closing ledge developed below rim. Seeds pale, longer than tall, almost smooth.