Herbs, perennial, tufted, glabrous. Stems decumbent, branched basally, (fleshy), with numerous decumbent branchlets, not forming rosettes. Leaves (persistent), alternate, spreading, sessile; blade yellow-green, not glaucous, ovate, subterete, somewhat flattened, 5-8 × 3-4 mm, (thick, turgid), base not spurred, not scarious, apex apiculate, (surfaces minutely papillose, caused by reflections of inner facets of windowed cells). Flowering shoots (axillary), erect, simple or branched, 5-10 cm; leaf blades ovate, base not spurred; offsets not formed. Inflorescences cymes, 6-12-flowered, simple or 2-branched, sometimes with short branch at base with solitary flower; branches not recurved, sometimes forked; bracts similar to leaves, smaller. Pedicels absent or to 0.5 mm. Flowers (4-)5-merous; sepals spreading to reflexed, distinct, yellow-green, lanceolate, unequal, ca. 2 × ca. 0.8 mm, apex obtuse; petals spreading, nearly distinct, bright yellow, lanceolate, canaliculate, ca. 4 mm, apex acute; filaments color unknown; anthers color unknown; nectar scales pale yellow, oblong. Carpels spreading, distinct, tan to reddish. 2n = 28.
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