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Densely branched, hemiparasitic subshrub, up to 0.2 m high, branches angular when young. Leaves fleshy, linear, subacute, recurved at tips. Inflorescences of axillary cymules, arranged in terminal racemes. Bracts shortly adnate to peduncles, leaf-like. Flowers whitish. Perianth 1.5 mm long; segments ovate-lanceolate, ± 1 mm long, hooded, glabrous. Disc prominent. Flowering time Nov.-Jan. Fruit with broad, beige-coloured stalk; ellipsoid-globose, up to 5 mm long, including persistent perianth, dark brown; prominently 10-ribbed, reticulate between ribs.
Dwarf shrub, 0.3-0.6 m high; slender, without spines. Stems densely branched, angular when young. Leaves succulent; blade broadly linear, apex subacute, recurved at tip. Flowers: solitary in axils of bracts, gathered in simple, terminal raceme-like inflorescences; bracts leaflike; perianth not bearded, 1.5 mm long, without a prominent perianth tube, segments narrowly ovate, ± 1 mm long, hooded, glabrous, white; Jan. Fruit stalked, ellipsoid-globose, up to 5 mm long, prominently ribbed, reticulate between ribs.
Densely branched, hemiparasitic shrublet to 20 cm, branches angular when young. Leaves fleshy, linear, subacute, recurved at tips. Flowers in shortly pedunculate racemes, whitish, with prominent disc.
