Rhizome very small; roots fibrous. Leaves usually absent, occasionally 4 or 5, annual, terete, 3.5-5 cm long. Stems perennial, decumbent, branched dichotomously or monopodially, 30-36 cm long. Umbels 2-5-flowered; pedicels 8-9 mm long, articulated close to base, nodding in fruit. Perianth segments 10-12 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, c. 3 mm wide, mucronate. Petals elliptic, c. 5 mm wide; fimbriae 2.5-4 mm long. Stamens 6; anthers twisted, 3 outer 3 mm long, 3 inner 6 mm long and curved. Style curved, 7 mm long. Seeds ellipsoidal, 2 mm long, 1-1.5 mm diam.; aril shortly stalked, dull orange.