Shrub with greyish-white woody twigs. Leaves opposite sometimes whorled in apperance, linear-terete, succulent, up to 15 mm long, usually mucronate. Inflorescence of short-peduncled, axillary and terminal heads. Sepals 5, free to the cupulate, floccose or pubescent receptacle, 4-5 mm long, hooded, subapically spinulose-tipped, apically floccose or glabrous. Petals5, staminodes, subulate, greenish-yellow attached to the brown receptacle. Stamens 5, episepalous. Style one, filiform, minutely trifid into 3 stigmas at the tip.