Stock woody; stems woody at base, slender, decumbent then ascending, us. several to many, branched, up to 15 cm. long, glab.; branchlets bifariously pubescent, us. reddish. Lvs opp., us. distant, floral often alt., on petioles up to 4 mm. long. Lamina ovate to broad-ovate, often reddish below, (6·5)-10-17 × (5)-7-12 mm.; coriac. to submembr., glab.; margins obscurely and remotely denticulate to almost entire. Fls 5-6 mm. diam.; calyx < petals, lobes oblong to oblong-lanceolate; petals white. Capsules 25-35-(50) mm. long, glab.; peduncles very slender 35-50 mm. or more long. Seeds minutely papillose.

n = 18

2n = 36

Tufted herb, with numerous, decumbent, leafy stems to 20 cm long. Stems with lines of erect or appressed eglandular hairs decurrent from margins of petioles. Lamina of lf narrowly to broadly ovate or ovate-elliptic, 0.5-1.8 × 0.3-1 cm. Floral tube 0.5-1.5 mm deep, glabrous. Petals white, 3.5-6.4 × 2.5-4.5 mm. Capsule glabrous, 2.8-5 cm long; fruiting pedicel (1.7)-2.5-6 cm long.