Prostrate to procumbent, profusely branched, glabrous annual herb; stem 5-20 (-25) cm, usually forming a mat. Leaves 4-15 (-20) x 2-5 (-7) mm, sessile to subsessile, elliptic, lanceolate, acute with entire to denticulate margin, all the leaves almost ± equal in size. Ochreae silvery hyaline, ovate, with few faint veins, ± lacerate, fimbriate, 2.5-3 mm long, less than half the internodes. Inflorescence solitary, axillary or few flowered axillary fascicles. Flowers 1-1.2 (-1.5) mm across, pedicel 0.5-1.0 mm long. Ochreolae 0.5-0.75 mm long, ovate, acute. Tepals 5, parted more than half, 1-2 x 0.4-0.6 mm, elliptic-oblanceolate, obtuse, univeined. Stamens 6, filament short and broader at the base, unequal.

Ovary 1-2.5 x 0.25-0.5 mm, trigonous with three styles and capitate stigmas. Nuts 2.5 (-3) x 1-1.5 mm, ovate, trigonous, dark brown, glabrous, dull, included within the perianth.