Rhizome c. 1 cm diam.; roots thick, fibrous. Leaves annual, c. 10-15, linear, to 23 cm long, 3-5 mm wide, sparsely ciliate-margined, withering early. Stems perennial, ±prostrate, 50-70 cm long, branching monopodially, ridged with short patent hairs towards base, glabrous above, rarely whole plant glabrous. Umbels 2-or 3-flowered; pedicels c. 10 mm long, articulated near base, recurved in fruit. Perianth segments c. 15 mm long. Sepals narrowly linear, 3 mm wide, mucronate. Petals elliptic, c. 6 mm wide; fimbriae c. 3 mm long. Stamens 6, declinate; 3 outer anthers 5.5 mm long, slightly curved; 3 inner anthers 9 mm long, curved and twisted. Style curved, declinate, 11 mm long. Seeds ±spherical, 2-2.5 mm diam.; aril shortly stalked, dull orange.
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