[1][2] It is an erect herb to 50 cm, dying after one flowering.

Basal leaves flat, glaucous, fleshy, spoon-shaped, 4–10 cm long, forming neat rosette which usually shrivels before the flowers open; steam leaves progressively smaller; inflorescence a long cylindrical or pyramidal spray, flowers numerous, crowded, brownish green, calyx-lobes and petals both 5, the latter narrow, pointed, 4 mm long, with a dark central vein.

Stamens 10, follicles usually 5, erect, 5 mm long.

[3] Walls, rock crevices and dry stony slopes.

Frequent along the Kyrenia Range, notably at and above Lapta (whence the specific name).