Plantae cultae 3 visae, caespitosae, ad 4 cm diam.; rami primarii ad 3.8 cm longi, ad 6 mm diam.; folia ascendentia vel demum patentia, supra oblonga plana, prope basim leviter angustata, concava, dorso rotundo, papillata, papillis setiferis, setis papillas aequantibus, 1.2-2.2 cm longa, medio 1.1 cm lato et 5 mm diam.; flores singuli, 4 cm diam., pedunculo hispido, ad 5 mm longo; receptaculum subovale hispidum, 7 mm longum, 5 mm diam.; sepala 5, subaequilonga obtusa, ad 6 mm longa, basi ad 4 mm lata, vel extima ad 8 mm longa, 3-4 mm lata; petala ca. 7-8-seriata, vel intima staminodia simulantia, sed non ad stamina adpressa, acuta, pallide rosea, 1-2 cm longa, 1 mm lata, exteriora e parum supra medium inferne angustata, obtusa vel emarginata, purpureo rosea, ad 2 cm longa, ad 2 mm lata; filamenta 3-4-seriata, 2-4 mm longa, intima infra medium papillata, antheris pollineque luteis; glandulae approximatae inconspicuae brunneae; ovarium supra concavum; stigmata 5, anguste subulata, 2 mm longa, brevissime caudata.
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Perennial, caespitose, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.08 m high, with a thickened, tuberous rootstock. Leaves succulent, upper surface flat, lower surface convex, keeled, tapering to a blunt or acute apex, rough with glassy rounded bladder cells elongating into hairs. Flowers solitary, mauve-pink with a white center, pedicels and calyx hairy. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, mostly 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a ledge, expanding keels parallel, valve wings broad.
Perennial herb, succulent, up to 0.03 m high. Stems erect, flowering branches up to 8 mm long, 3 leaf pairs below elongate inflorescence. Leaves flat, 12-40 x 11 mm, papillae along margins elongating into hairs, blade covered with round papillae. Flowers 1-3; corolla ± 40 mm in diameter; petals purplish pink; staminodes pale pink; anthers yellow; Oct.-Feb.
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