Small prostrate rambling shrub. Branchlets slender, rarely quite glab., internodes short to long. Lvs tending to lie in one plane, (8)-15-36 × 5-12 mm., elliptic to obovate-oblong, rather thick, fleshy, pale green; lf-bud without sinus, the lf-base narrowing gradually to little more than branchlet-width; lamina obtuse to subacute, entire with narrow cartilaginous border. Infls lateral, simple, peduncle c. = flowering portion which is compact and almost as broad as long. Fls pedicellate, bracts often linear and = pedicels. Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla "dark purple", tube little > calyx, lobes c. = tube, rounded. Capsule short and broad, us. < 2 × calyx.

2n = 40

n = 20