A small, low-growing succulent, with rhizomes and a few short, erect stems, with the leaves concentrated at the tip of top of each stem.
The leaves are blue-green, pruinose, and typically flattened laterally.
Each side of the leaf blade has several translucent lines.

The flower capitulum has no ray florets, and appears at the tip of a slender, erect inflorescence.
A small, low-growing succulent, with rhizomes and a few short, erect stems, with the leaves concentrated at the tip of top of each stem. The leaves are blue-green, pruinose, and typically flattened laterally. Each side of the leaf blade has several translucent lines. 
The flower capitulum has no ray florets, and appears at the tip of a slender, erect inflorescence.
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