Plant forming open to dense patches up to ± 15 cm. diam.; internodes up to ± 3 cm. long; branchlets us. reddish green, subtetragonous, weakly pubescent. Lvs opp., on petioles up to ± 3 mm. long; lamina suborbicular, truncate to subcordate at base, (4)-5-10-(12) mm.; ± fleshy, dull green above, paler below, glab.; margins ± revolute, obscurely, remotely denticulate. Fls 5-6 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, but little < petals, glabrate; petals 3-5 mm. long, white or very pale pink. Capsules 20-40 mm. long. ± clad in ash-grey pubescence; mature peduncles ± 50-40 mm. long, sparsely pubescent; seeds thinly papillose.

n = 18

n = 18

2n = 36

Loosely matted, creeping, stem-rooting herb forming patches up to 1 m across. Stems a distinctive pale purplish blue, with strigillose hairs running down the lines decurrent from petiole margins. Lamina of lf broadly ovate to suborbicular, 3-13 × 3-11 mm. Floral tube 0.4-1.1 mm deep, sparsely strigillose outside. Petals white, 1.9-3.4 × 1.7-2.1 mm. Capsule densely grey-strigillose, (1)-1.5-4 cm long; fruiting pedicel 2.3-12.5 cm long.