Prostrate-suberect, branched, glabrous, annual herb. Stem branched from the base, branches divaricate, 10-20 mm long, lineolate, fragile or woody. Leaves cauline and on secondary branches, olive-dirty green, cauline leaves 1.5-2.25 x 0.4-0.5 mm, elliptic-linear or lanceolate, ramal leaves much smaller, 0.8-1.0 x 1-2 mm, linear-lanceolate, acute-obtuse, sessile. Ochreae 4-6 mm long, membranous, tubular to infundibuliform, bifid, fimbriate-lacinate. Inflorescence fasciculate, solitary. Flowers 1.0-2.5 mm across, shortly pedicellate, pedicel 2.5-3 mm long. Ochreolae small, tubular. Tepals 5, 2-2.5 (-3) x 0.75-1.0 mm, oblanceolate. Stamens 6-8, filaments long, filiform. Ovary 2-3 x 1.5-2.0 mm, ovate-circular, trigonous with three short styles and capitate stigmas. Nuts 2.5-3.0 x 2.0-2.5 mm, trigonous, brownish, shining.