Planta 1 visa, erecta glabra robusta, ad 10 cm. alta, caule lignoso brevissimo, ca. 1.5 cm. diam., fere e basi 2-ramoso, ramis primariis fere ad 1.4 cm. diam.; ramuli graciles virgati, 10.5-20 cm. longi, basi ad 4 mm., deinde 2.5 mm. vel supra medium 1 mm. diam., internodiis 7-49 mm. longis; folia saepius erecta vel ascendentia, supra lateraliterque visa acuminata vel acuta, dorso obscure carinata, viridia vel glauce viridia, in siccis papillatis, papillis albis; pedunculi 1.7-2.8 cm., vel culti ad 4.5 cm., longi; receptaculum obconicum, 3.5 mm. longum, 6 mm. diam., in pedunculum gradatim abeuns; sepala 5, acuminata, exteriora 7-9 mm., vel in flore altero culto ad 1.2 cm., longa, basi 3.5 mm. lata, interiora 5-6 mm. longa, basi 2.5-3 mm. lata; petala 2-3-seriata, interiora pauca, prope basim tantum angustata, obtusa, in siccis pallide rosea, 7-9 mm. longa, 0.5-1 mm. lata; staminodia nulla; stamina 3-seriata, glabra pallida, 4-6 mm. longa; glandulae conspicuae subapproximatae; ovarii lobi abrupte ad 1 mm. elevati, glandulas non attingentes; stigmata 5, anguste subulata, ad apicem verum conspicue papillata; capsula infra obconica, inconspicue obtuse 5-angulata, 4 mm. longa, 7 mm., expansa, ad 1.2 cm., diam., valvis expansis, valde recurvis, supra ca. per 2 mm. elevatis; semina muricata, saturate brunnea, ca. 0.5 mm. diam.
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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.15 m high, stems erect, roots thickened. Leaves acuminate to acute, bladder cells rounded. Flowers solitary, pale pink. Flowering time late summer. Capsules pale brown, 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a narrow ledge.
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