Stems much-branched, ± interlacing, creeping and rooting, forming low mats seldom > 1 dm. tall; branchlets ± setose. Lvs on very short petioles; lamina coriac., elliptic to elliptic-oblong to suborbicular (the different forms sts all present on the same plant), ± 5-10-(12) × 4-6 mm., crenulate, setose on margins when young. Fls subsessile, solitary in the axils of the uppermost lvs; bracteoles 2, rounded, very small. Calyx deeply cut; lobes ovate-triangular, acute or subacute. Corolla c. 1·5 mm. long, lobes very small, obtuse, spreading to recurved. Capsule 3-4mm. diam., surrounded by enlarged, fleshy, white or red calyx.

A small depressed or prostrate shrub. Branchlets up to 20 cm long with usually only the terminal 5 cm leafy, strigose. Leaves alternate, often bronze-coloured, 6-10 × 3-8 rom thick, margins crenulate or bluntly serrulate, both surfaces glabrous, veins conspicuous. Flowers solitary and axillary. Pedicels usually very short, about 1 mm long, strigose, but usually completely concealed by the bracts. Corolla usually pubescent within. Fruit red, pink, or white, 8-12 mm in diameter.

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