Perennial plants, glabrous, glaucous, up to 1 m. Stems more or less erect, viscid above. Cauline leaves about 1 x 1 cm., fleshy, orbicular, cordate-amplexicaul at base, mucronate at apex. Flowers arranged in loose panicles. Calyx 2.3-4.2 cm. Petals whitish to greenish; limb bipartite into obovate or oblong-obovate lobes. Anthophore 7-17 mm. Capsule 1.6-2.1 x 0.6-0.8 cm., slightly exerted. Fl. May-July.