Lax, decumbent, perennial with woody base; stems to 10 cm long, usually glabrous. Leaves 3–7 mm long, 0.2–0.7 mm wide, thickened towards apex, keeled, glabrous; apex mucronate with mucro 0.2–0.9 mm long; margin very narrow, scarious, papillose and appearing denticulate. Inflorescence a sessile cluster of many sessile flowers; peduncle elongating to 2.2(–3.8) mm in fruit; bracts papillose and glabrous; pedicels absent, obscure, or to 0.7 mm long. Sepals 5, transversely triangular to ovate, (0.5–) 1–2 mm long, 0.3–1.2(–1.6) mm wide, overlapping at base, margin scarious, midrib keeled; stamens 2, enclosed within the calyx, caducous. Fruit ribbed, 10-nerved, 2.2–3.5 mm long, 0.7–1.5 mm wide. Flowers Nov.–Jan.