Caespitose tufted spiny perennial with a woody stock. Stems woody cm, pubescent, decumbent, branched, the lower portion covered with old leaves. Leaves 7-10 mm, subulate, acerose, densely white pubescent, grey-green in colour, sessile, apex spiny, flat above, slightly convex. Fascicles of young leaves sometimes present in the leaf axils. Flowers sessile, terminal, solitary. Bracts ovate, mucronate, with a hyaline margin, ciliate, adpressed to calyx. Calyx 11-12 mm, yellow cylindrical, minutely pubescent, teeth 5-6 mm, lanceolate, mucronate, stiff, recurved, with a narrow hyaline margin, nerves obscure. Petals rase - coloured, 20 mm, limb narrow oblong, exserted from the calyx, rounded at apex, entire Capsule and seeds not seen.