Perennial with much branched erect stems up to 0,8 m high and covered with more or less elongated phyllopodia which are rarely completely replaced by a peeling bark. Leaves linear, (40-)60-120 x l,5-3(-4,5) mm, scarcely cuneate, acute, teÂrete or slightly grooved above, glabrous or rarely pubescent, grey-green to grey-brown. Inflorescence a thyrse with 3—5(—7) straight ?monochasia, each with (3-)5-12 flowers, glandular-pubescent to glabrous; peduncle up to 0,6 m long; pedicels 3-5 mm long. CaÂlyx 3-5 mm long, glandular-tomentose, yelÂlowish green; lobes acute. Corolla glandular pubescent to glabrous; tube cylindrical to somewhat urceolate when dry and slightly widened towards mouth, 7-12 mm long, glaÂbrous inside except for tufts of hairs where filaments are fused to tube; lobes 5-7 mm long, recurved or recoiled. Anthers 2,5-3(-4) mm long. Squamae usually square, 0,8-1,2 X 0,8-1,1 mm, usually disÂtinctly emarginate, fleshy, yellow.
