Erect or ascending, 30-50 (-70) cm tall, glabrous herb, usually branched from the base or above, branches slender. Leaves few, linear or lanceolate, often deciduous, upper ones smaller, lower 15-30 (-40) x 2-4 (-8) mm, entire, glaucous, sessile to petiolate, petiole up to 5 mm long. Ochreae subhyaline to membranous, 5-12.5 mm long, lacerate, dark brown at the base, silvery above. Inflorescence solitary, axillary, flowering branches ± naked, with long internodes. Flowers white to pinkish white, 1-2 mm across, pedicel slightly exserted from the ochreolae, 1.5-2 mm long; ochreolae 1-2 mm long, membranous, bifid. Tepals 5, parted about half the length, 1.5-2.0 x c. 1.0 mm, oblanceolate, entire, 3-veined. Stamens 6, filaments short, equal with broad base, alternating with the glands. Styles 3, short, fused about half the length or more, stigma capitate. Nuts 1.5-2 x 1-1.5 mm, trigonous, brown, smooth, shining, included within the perianth.