Rami 2 visi, pallide brunnei, 8.5-13.5 cm longi, 3 mm diam., internodiis 1-2.5 cm longis; partes herbaceae virides; folia erecta vel ascendentia, demum patentia, dorso rotundo, lateraliter visa obtusa, prope apicem leviter angustata, papillata, papillis setiferis, setis ascendentibus, 1.2-2.2 cm longa, 2-3 mm diam.; flores ad 2.5 cm diam.; pedunculi 1.1-2 cm longi; receptaculum obconicum, medio leviter constricto, 1 cm longum, 8 mm diam.; sepala 5, semiteretia, 4-6 mm longa, interiora marginata; petala 3-seriata supra medium inferne leviter angustata, obtusa, roseo purpurea 1-1.3 cm longa, 1-1.5 mm lata; staminodia erecta acuminata rosea, stamina subae-quantia, 5 mm longa; filamenta 3-seriata, ad 5 mm longa, intima basi obscure papillata, antheris luteis; glandulae inconspicuae crenulatae; ovarii lobi stellate patentes, obtuse compressi, glandulas attingentes; stigmata 5, subulata, 2.5 mm longa cum cauda 1.25 mm longa.
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Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.2 m high, erect branches. Leaves semi-terete, rounded bladder cells bearing ascending hairs, apex blunt. Flowers solitary to 3-nate, pinkish purple to pale pink. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a narrow ledge.
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