Schlechteranthus subglobosus (L.Bolus) R.F.Powell

Sparse spreading shrub, to 200 mm tall. Branches to 4 mm in diameter; upper branches brown; leaves positioned at regular intervals along the branches, old leaves not remaining on the branches. Leaves fatly trigonous, markedly globose in outline; 2.5-9.0 x 1.5-3.0 mm; leaf pairs fused for 0.3 of length; mucro very prominent as result of leaf shape; rough, as a result of stout dome-shaped epidermal cells; bright green. Flowers solitary; on central primary axis to 25 mm long, at least five times longer than capsule length, bracteoles persistent, present more than 0.6 way down axis; spines absent; filamentous staminodes few, forming an incomplete series around the stamens. Fruit 7-to 8-locular; top slightly convex, flattened at the apex, base narrowly funnel-shaped; ca. 4.0 x 2.5 mm; closing rodlets conspicuous; valve wings narrow, up to 0.25 width of valve.