A stout, juicy-succulent shrub, erect or ascending, up to 1 m. Leaves alternate, short, almost globose, perfoliate, 2-3 (-4) x 3-5 mm, fleshy- thick, with rounded apices, looking like obliquely swollen nodes. Spikes short, compact, 10-15 mm long, axillary from the upper nodes. Flowers perfect or pistillate, in groups of three.