Plants rhizomatous, 0.5-2 dm. Leaves: petiole 5-8 mm, channeled adaxially, glabrous or papillose; blade not maculate or, sometimes, maculate, dull and light green abaxially, glossy and green adaxially, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate to ovate or lanceolate-oblong, (6-)10-55 × 4.5-25 mm, base obtuse or acute or decurrent, margins entire or serrulate to serrate, apex acute. Inflorescences 1-3-flowered; peduncle 1 per stem, 2-5 cm, papillose to hispidulous; inflorescence bracts broadly ovate to broadly obovate, free portions shorter than to nearly as long as pedicels from which they arise, 2-7 × 2-7.5 mm, membranous, margins erose-denticulate. Pedicels 6-12 mm. Flowers: calyx lobes spreading or reflexed in fruit, green with margins hyaline or whitish green, ovate to suborbiculate, (3-)5-6.5 × 2.2-4.5 mm, margins erose-denticulate, apex rounded to obtuse; petals white, often suffused with pink, orbiculate, 5-7 × 4.5-8 mm, margins entire or erose-denticulate; stamens 4.2-7 mm; filament base 0.8-1.3 mm wide, dilated basal portion ciliate to villous; anthers 2.2-3.1 mm, thecae yellowish or tan to pinkish, tubules tan or pinkish, 0.7-1.1 mm, abruptly narrowed from thecae, lateral walls not touching, pores 0.1-0.2 × 0.1-0.2 mm; ovary papillose in lines; style 0.3-0.6 mm; stigma 1.6-2.2(-2.8) mm wide. Capsules depressed-globose, 4-5 × 5-6 mm. 2n = 26.
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A small shrub. It grows 5-29 cm tall. The leaves are sword shaped and rich green with light veins. There are small teeth along the edge. The flowering shoots are at the top of the plant and the flowers droop. There are 1-3 flowers on a stem. The flowers are white to pink.
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