Stems much-branched, wiry, flexuous, ± interlacing, prostrate to staggling, forming patches occ. up to 2 dm. tall; branchlets short, ± hairy when young. Lvs rather distant on slender petioles c. 1 mm. long. Lamina linear to linear-lanceolate, thick, coriac., (5)-6-10 × 1-3-(4) mm., acute, sts mucronulate, glab.; margins rather distantly and minutely serrate; teeth often with hair-tip when young. Fls solitary, axillary, on curved glab. pedicels up to c. 4 mm. long; bracteoles 3-4, broad-ovate, c. 1·5 mm. long, subacute, ± mucronulate. Calyx deeply cut into narrow-triangular subacute lobes, finely pubescent within margins ciliolate. Corolla 2.5-3·5 mm. long, broad-urceolate, white to pink; lobes bluntly ovate-triangular. Staminal filaments c. 1 mm. long, rather abruptly narrowed to base; anther-cells distinctly 2-awned; style cylindric, erect, glab., slightly exserted; stigma large. Fr. subglobose, ± (4)-5-6-(7) mm. diam., white to pink, ribs conspicuous. Base of persistent calyx fleshy, matching fr. in colour.

n = 11

2n = 20–23

n = 11

Small low shrub; stems usually prostrate and matted, sometimes rooting, but sometimes forming a bush to 1 m tall; branches flexuous and often much interlaced. Branchlets moderately hairy and with some long, weak bristles. Lvs rather distant, alternate, 6-12 × 1-1.5 mm, linear, often rolled and strongly recurved, thick, glabrous; veins usually rather indistinct; margins with up to 6 indistinct teeth on either side; teeth usually in opposite pairs and sometimes bristle-pointed. Fls solitary and axillary. Pedicels to 2-(4) mm long, glabrous, with 4, 6 or more decussate bracts at the base. Bracts ovate, with densely ciliate margins. Calyx lobes ciliate. Corolla glabrous or sparsely hairy inside. Stamens < style; filaments 1.0-1.2 mm long, dilated near base, densely papillose. Anthers c. 0.8 mm long, with awns to 0.4 mm long. Fr. a globose berry, c. 5 mm diam., pale to deep pink.