Prostrate to procumbent shrublets. Stem slender, wiry; young branches with long hairs, internodes short. Leaves subsessile, 3-7 mm long, oval, margin serrate with long bristles, both surfaces glabrous. Flowers solitary, axillary; bractlets ovate, c. 3 mm long. Calyx lobes ovate, 2-3 mm long. Corolla 6-8 mm long, campanulate, pinkish-white. Capsule surrounded by succulent calyx. Seeds numerous, minute.

Type: Described from the Himalayas.

Distribution: It is often found in association with moss on earth, rocks and tree stumps from 3000 to 4000 m in Kashmir, Kaghan and Swat.