Perennial, tufted; rhizome matted, horiÂzontal; roots thick. Stems up to 1 m tall, leafless, glaucous, wiry, sheathed basally with chestnut-brown, shiny cataphylls; pith interÂrupted. Inflorescence pseudolateral, subtendÂing leaf forming apparent continuation of stem, about | of length of stem; anthelae compact, many-flowered, mostly on short to very short branchlets. Tepals linear, acute, outer somewhat longer, c. 4 mm long, firm, ribbed. Stamens 6, c. 2 mm long; filaments filiform, equalling anthers. Ovary cylindrical; style present with 3 long stigmas. Capsule elÂlipsoid, tricostate, 0,3 mm long, hard, dark brown, shiny, apiculate; seeds 0,4 mm long, ovoid, bulging unilaterally, reticulate, golden yellow, with a dark, obtuse apex and base, tips transparent.
