Shrub with branched, erect stems, 0.5 m in diam., 0.3-0.8 m high, covered with elongated phyllopodia. Leaves on tip of branches, linear, 40-150 x 2-6 mm, terete, glabrous. Inflorescence a thyrse with 3-5 straight monochasia, each with 5-12 glandular-pubescent flowers; peduncle 0.35-0.6 m long. Corolla: tube cylindrical, yellow, slightly widened at mouth, 10-12 mm long, glandular-pubescent, not hairy filaments. Flowering time Jan., Feb.
Succulent shrub, up to 0.8 m tall, with branches at least 30 mm thick, covered with prominent, truncate phyllopodia. Leaves dry at flowering, linear, terete or slightly grooved above, 30-120 x 2-4 mm, usually glabrous. Flowers ± drooping, in a glandular-pubescent to glabrous spreading inflorescence, with peduncle 0.2-0.6 m long, corolla tube 7-12 mm long, broadening towards mouth, yellow-green, lobes 5-7 mm long, yellow.
Succulent shrublet with warty stems to 1 m, covered with protruding phyllopodia. Leaves dry at flowering, abscising, oblanceolate. Flowers in a spreading cyme, urn-shaped, nodding, greenish yellow, tube 7-12 mm.