Succulent subshrub 60-70 cm high. Leaves concentrated towards shoot ends but not in rosettes, deep glossy green, obovate, to c. 6 x 1.8 cm. Panicles or racemes with secund flowers, yellow. Petals c. 5 mm long, narrow triangular, reflexing. Stamens and carpels & styles equal, yellow. A few plants. Relics of cultivation.