Herb, annual, 1–8 cm high. Leaves basal, glabrous; sheath 2–5 mm long; lamina linear, flat, 8–75 mm long, 0.2–0.3 mm wide. Cataphyll acute, c. 2 mm long. Scape filiform, terete, 10–45 mm long, glabrous. Head terete, ovoid to cylindric, c. 1 mm wide. Primary bracts opposite, closely sheathing, glabrous; outer bract with a herbaceous basal sheath 1.5–4 mm long with entire hyaline margins, and a straight capillary lamina 0.8–2.5 mm long; inner bract 1.4–2.8 mm long, lanceolate, lacking a lamina or rarely mucronulate. Secondary bracts absent. Pseudanthia 3–7, bisexual or 1 or 2 lacking the stamen. Stamen free; anther 0.5–0.6 mm long. Carpels 4–7; styles connate at the base; papillae simple, c. 0.03 mm long. Seed ovoid, c. 0.4 mm long.
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