Herbs perennial. Roots slender, woody. Stems pulvinate, 3--6 cm, with crowded, withered, persistent leaves at base and distally. Leaf blade subulate, 5--7 cm, 3-veined, base broadened, membranous, apex acute. Flower solitary, terminal, sessile. Sepals 5, violet abaxially, ovate-lanceolate, 5--6 × ca. 1.5 mm, 3-veined, margin white membranous, apex acute. Petals 5, pink, lanceolate or orbicular, 6--7 × 1.5--2 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 10; filaments shorter than sepals, those opposite sepals with a gland at base. Ovary ovoid, ca. 2 mm. Styles 3, linear, ca. 2 mm.
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