Radix tuberosa, ad 1.5 cm. diam.; rami primarii lignosi, ad 7 mm. diam., ceteri herbacei graciles decumbentes, novelli sat grosse papillati, ad 16 cm. longi, internodiis saepius ad 1.5 cm. longis; folia patentia lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, basin versus attenuata quasi petiolata, saepe supra sulcata, demum plana, viridia, minute papillata, ad 2 cm. longa, 4-6 mm. lata, vagina brevissima; flores 1-3-nati diurni, corolla 1.2 cm. diam; pedunculi saepius ad 1 cm., rarius ad 3 cm., longi; receptaculum brevissime crateriforme, apice 6 mm. diam.; sepala 5 inaequilonga subulata, saturate rubescentia 5-7 mm. longa; petala 1-2-seriata densa, inferne leviter attenuata, obtusa, integra vel rarius emarginata, alba, ad 4.5 mm. longa, ad 1-5 mm. lata; staminodia linearia acuminata, apice recurva, inferne pallide rosea, basi scabrido-papillata, petala aequantia; stamina erecta, filamentis linearibus, intimis longe denseque papiliatis, antheris luteis; glandulae virides prominentes; ovarium lobum, lobis distantibus obtusis; stigmata anguste subulata, setaceo-acuminata, 2.5 mm. longa.
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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.2 m high, with decumbent branches and tuberous roots. Leaves lanceolate, rough with bladder cells. Flowers solitary, white to pale pink. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a narrow ledge.
Folia minus plana vel semi-teretia, leviter sulcata.
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