Small erect or spreading succulent herb up to 15 cm. tall; stems us. reddish, succulent, ± stiff; branches with internodes up to 1 cm., us. provided with short branchlets densely clad in lvs. Lvs ± 3 mm. long, fleshy, ovate to narrow-oblong, subacute to acute. Fls very minute, us. clustered in axils of lvs; peduncles very short at anthesis, us. elongate in fr. Calyx with deeply cut ovate-lanceolate acute to acuminate lobes; petals < calyx, narrow-ovate to linear, acute. Scales 0. Carpels narrow ellipsoid; styles short, slender. Seeds 2-(1)-(0).

Small annual or perennial herb forming small clumps; stems 2-5-(15) cm long, decumbent, slender, sometimes rooting at nodes in moist conditions, much- branched. Lvs connate at base, 2-2.5-(4) × 0.5-0.7-(1) mm, c. 0.7 mm thick, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, flattened above, convex beneath; apex acute. Fls in small cymose clusters in lf axils, not star-like, 4-merous, 2-3 mm diam.; pedicels < 1 mm long at anthesis, to c. 2 mm long and ± = lvs at fruiting. Calyx lobes c. 1-1.2 × 0.7-0.8 mm, very broadly ovate, acute to short-acuminate. Petals c. 0.8-0.9 × 0.5-0.6 mm, broadly ovate, green or reddish green with pink tips, shortly acuminate, slightly < calyx lobes. Scales c. 0.3 mm long, very narrowly spathulate. Follicles smooth. Seed 0.3-0.5 mm long.