Herb, annual, 4–10 mm high. Leaves tufted, glabrous; sheath 0.8–2 mm long; lamina recurved, broad-linear 2–8 mm long, 0.6–1 mm wide, conduplicate at base. Cataphyll acute, 2–3 mm long. Scape absent. Heads sessile or subsessile, laterally compressed, subcylindric, 0.5–1 mm wide. Primary bracts subopposite, glabrous, tightly sheathing; outer bract with a dark brown, indurated basal sheath 1.5–3.5 mm long passing abruptly into a linear lamina 2–5 mm long. Inner bract 1–2.2 mm long, scarious to indurated, apex acute and enclosed by the outer bract. Secondary bracts absent. Pseudanthium 1, bisexual, in the axil of the outer bract. Stamen free; anther 0.5–1 mm long. Gynoecium of (1–) 3–7 carpels; styles connate at base; papillae simple, minute. Seed ovoid, c. 0.5 mm long.
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