Herbs (1-)3-10(-16) cm tall, scapose, densely to sparsely pilose with short-stalked, forked trichomes sometimes mixed with simple ones, rarely glabrous throughout except for petiole margin; caudex slender, sometimes with petiolar remains of previous years, simple or few branched. Basal leaves rosulate; petiole (0.2-)0.4-1.6(-3) cm, slender or slightly expanded at base, ciliate; leaf blade linear, oblong, oblanceolate, obovate, (0.4-)1-3(-4) cm × 0.5-3.5(-6) mm, densely to sparsely pilose or glabrous, base attenuate, margin entire, dentate, or sinuate, apex obtuse or acute. Scapes densely pilose or glabrous, leafless or rarely 1-leaved. Racemes ebracteate, capitate or rarely considerably elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels divaricate or ascending, 1.5-5(-7) mm. Sepals subapically purple or greenish, oblong, 1.5-2.5(-3) × 1-1.2 mm, glabrous or densely pubescent, broadly white margined. Petals purple, pink, or white, spatulate or obovate, (2.5-)3-4(-4.5) × (0.7-)1-1.5 mm, apex obtuse. Filaments 1.3-1.8 mm; anthers ovate, ca. 0.3 mm. Ovules 8-12 per ovary. Fruit ovoid or oblong, (2-)3-6.5(-8) × 1-2 mm, glabrous or densely pubescent; style 0.2-0.7(-1) mm. Seeds ca. 0.7-1 × 0.4-0.5 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Sep.
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