Herbs, <cespitose, sometimes moundlike>. Stems ascending to divergent, <usually red-tinged>, 10–20(–30) cm, stellate-pubescent. Leaves cauline; petiole 1–2 mm; blade usually elliptic, rarely oblanceolate, 10–20(–26) × 3–7(–10) mm, <tapered to base, apex acute>, surfaces stellate-tomentose and with simple hairs abaxially, <dull>, stellate-pubescent and with simple and, sometimes, glandular hairs adaxially, lateral veins raised abaxially. Inflorescences terminal or subterminal, cymes; chasmogamous flowers 1–3 per cyme, cleistogamous 1(–2) per glomerule, <on lateral leafy branches 6–18 cm, flowering 1–3 months later than chasmogamous>. Pedicels 2.4–6 mm, <with stellate, simple, and glandular hairs>; bracts absent. Chasmogamous flowers: outer sepals lanceolate, 2–6 × 0.8–3 mm, inner sepals 7–10 × 4—-6.5 mm, apex acute; petals obovate, 8–15 × 5–13 mm; capsules 4–7 × 3–4 mm, glabrous. Cleistogamous flowers: outer sepals rudimentary, knoblike to triangular and acute, 0.4–1 × 0.3–0.6 mm, inner sepals ovate, 3–6 × 2.5–3.2 mm, apex acute; capsules 3.2–4.5 × 2.5–3.2 mm, glabrous.
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