Succulent herbs, pubescent, branching from the base. Leaves 10-12 mm long, sessile, terete, fleshy, obtuse. Bracts 8-10, leaf-like, 4-5 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide. Calyx 4-5 mm long, deeply cleft, lobes acute, ovate, often denticulate. Flowers creamy white, about 10 mm across. Petals elliptic with two small appendages at the inner side; appendages obovate, more or less entire. Stamens numerous, basally connate into 5 groups. Styles 5, free, linear.