Japan Flora: Rather fleshy tufted perennial herb forming dense mats on seashores; stems glabrous, decumbent to ascending, branched below, 2-5 cm. long; leaves glabrous, narrowly spathulate-obovate, 4-8 mm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, very obtuse, gradually narrowed to the base; inflorescence a terminal very short-peduncled few flowered head; flowers rose-colored, the bracts and bracteoles small, membranous, ovate, about half as long as the perianth; perianth-segments elliptic, 3-3.5 mm. long, obtuse, scarious; seeds dull brown. July-Oct. Rocks along seashores usually where washed by waves;

Kyushu (Yakushima); rather rare.