Clumps several cm. across formed of one or more plants. Branches many, mostly short, occ. 3, rarely 5 cm. long, clothed with old lf-bases. Lvs soft, ± grassy; sheath short, broad; blade 5-15-35 mm. long, linear, ending in short but definite apiculate tip. Peduncles about = lvs or longer. Fls very broad; sepals 5, ± 3 mm. long, much broader than lvs, ovate, obtuse or at most subacute, often purple-bordered; capsule valves up to ⅓ longer than sepals when fully open; seeds with very low rounded papillae only.
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