Small tufted plant with main stems ± prostrate and woody. Flowering stems erect, subterete. Leaves sloping forward, pale glaucous, with scattered black marginal glands. Sepals similar but lacking glands. Petals 1.3-1.8 x 0.5-0.9 cm, oblong to oblong-obovate, yellow. Stamens from a little < to a little > petals, yellow. Styles > stamens, widely divergent, yellow. A small patch. Originally cultivated in the vicinity.