Roots ∞, fleshy, deeply descending from thick fleshy stock; stems few, fleshy, pale to dark red, clad below in remains of withered lvs, erect or spreading above, up to 20 cm. tall, us. branched in upper part. Branches erect or spreading, fleshy, glandular. Lvs opp., subpatent to ascending, crowded, mostly overlapping. Lamina obovate to broad-obovate, (10)-15-25 × (7)-10-14 mm., gradually narrowed to broad petiole up to 5 mm. long, ± fleshy, viscid-glandular on both surfaces, green tinged red; margins coarsely denticulate. Fls glab., in axils of upper lvs, ± 8 mm. diam.; calyx ± 5 mm. long, pale; lobes ovate, acute, ± 3 mm. long, white, pink-margined; petals ± 10 mm. long, flushed rose-pink, obovate, emarginate. Stigma clavate-cylindric. Capsules 15-20 × 3-5 mm., subsessile, green, viscid-glandular, slightly curved, narrowed to apex and base; peduncles obsolete or very short. Seeds very minutely papillose.

2n = 36

Thick-leaved herb, 4-15 cm tall, branched at base, with deep taproot. Stems densely clothed in glandular hairs mixed with shorter eglandular hairs all round. Lamina of lf narrowly to broadly obovate, 0.6-3.2 × 0.3-1.3 cm. Floral tube c. 2 mm deep, densely clothed in glandular hairs outside. Petals white, 7-9 × 3.6-4.4 mm. Capsules eventually glabrous, 1-1.8 cm long.