It is an erect, succulent, monocarpic herb, with an unbranched stem up to 40 cm high.

Leaves succulent, simple, entire, glandular, hairy, reddish in sunny positions, sessile, the basal crowded in rosettes, spathulate-linear 3-7 x 0.5-1.5 cm, the higher smaller, spirally arranged.

Flowers actinomorphic, small, reddish or greenish, in a cylindrical panicle, flowering from June to September.

[3] Rock crevices on igneous formations at 1500–1900 m altitude.

Endemic to Cyprus, confined to the Troödos forest where it is fairly common: Chromion, Khionistra, Loumata, Aeton and Troödos Square.