Small, branched shrubs to 20-50 cm tall. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 0.5-1.5 cm long, 0.5-1 cm wide, blunt, convex below, waxy-blue to reddish brown or purple with a red or yellow horny margin, fused in pairs. Flowers white, tinged pink or red.

S Africa (Cape).

Source: Stajsic, V.; Spencer, R.; Forster, P.; Thompson, A. (2002). Crassulaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.