Glab. compact perennial herb, forming rather mosslike patches ± 5 cm. diam. and tall; branches slender, ascending. Lvs densely imbricate, ± connate at base, (2)-3-5-(5·5) mm. long, narrow-oblong to narrow-obovate, subcoriac., concavo-convex, margins thickened; acicles 0·5-1-(2) mm. long. Fls solitary, terminal, minute, hidden by lvs or nearly so. Calyx-lobes similar to lvs in shape; corolla-lobes obtuse; Staminal filaments very short, anthers broad-oblong in outline, didymous; styles short, free. Capsule subcoriac., depressed; valves 2, spreading at apex.