Sprawling succlent subshrub with vegetative stems prostrate or nearly so. Leaves in fascicles, erect or suberect, glaucescent, to c. 2.3 cm long (mostly < 2 cm). Flowers c. 4 cm across, sepals subequal; top of receptacle c. 8 mm across the rounded apex. Petals long, white. Stamens very short; filaments white; anthers cream. Styles < stamens, pale green. Relic of cultivation.