Perennials; short-lived; sexual; caudex not woody. Stems 1-3 per caudex branch, arising laterally proximal to sterile shoots near ground surface, ca. 2.5 dm, densely pubescent proximally, trichomes simple and 2-rayed, 0.25-0.7 mm, glabrescent distally. Basal leaves: blade oblanceolate to obovate, 2.5-5 mm wide, margins entire, ciliate along petiole, trichomes (simple), to 1 mm, surfaces densely pubescent, trichomes simple and short-stalked, 2-or 3-rayed, 0.25-0.5 mm. Cauline leaves: 4-6, not concealing stem; blade auricles ca. 1 mm, surfaces of distalmost leaves sparsely pubescent. Racemes 6-10-flowered, unbranched. Fruiting pedicels ascending, straight, 6-10 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, trichomes subappressed, branched. Flowers ascending at anthesis; sepals pubescent; petals lavender, 4-5 × 1-1.5 mm, glabrous; pollen ellipsoid. Fruits divaricate-ascending, not appressed to rachis, not secund, slightly curved, edges parallel, 4-5 cm × ca. 1 mm; valves glabrous; ovules ca. 64 per ovary; style ca. 0.2 mm. Seeds uniseriate, (none mature).
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