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Humile, copiose ramosum, sat compactum, pubescens, pilis canis mollibus; rami decumbentes, interdum ad 15 cm. elongati, 2 mm. diam., internodiis saepius ad 2 cm. longis; folia difformia, nunc ovato-oblonga, ad 2 cm. longa, nunc linearia, patentia vel recurva, fere ad 4 cm. longa, ad 1 cm. lata, medio 4 mm. diam., carina obtusa, nunc centrali nunc eccentrica, supra concava vel fere plana, lateraliter visa acuta vel subobtusa; flores saepe solitarii vel laterales tardissime evoluti, fere sessiles vel pedunculi fructiferi demum 3 mm. longi, 1.9 cm. diam.; receptaculum breviter turbinatum, apice 6 mm. diam.; sepala 5 acuta, valde inaequilonga, 2 longiora ad 9 mm., vel post anthesin ad 1-3 cm., longa, cetera ad 4 mm. longa; petala sat densa, 3-4-seriata, interiora in staminodia abeuntia, acuminata, laete lutea, interne albida, marcescentia atrata, 5-9 mm. longa, ad 1 mm. lata; staminodia albida, staminibus ad 3.5 mm. longis adpressa aequilongaque; filamenta basi vel medio papillata; stigmata 5, anguste subulata acuminata, 2.5 mm. longa; capsula expansa 1.2 cm. diam., carinis per 1 mm. vel parum ultra elevatis, conspicuis, margine denticulatis, alis loculi nullis, seminibus numerosissimis, saturate brunneis, fere orbicularibus, 1 mm. longis.
Perennial, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.3 m high, stems low, laxly branched, decumbent to ascending. Leaves covered with soft hairs, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, flat or slightly concave on top. Flowers solitary, yellow. Flowering time spring to late summer. Capsules pale brown, 5-locular, closing bodies absent, covering membranes reduced to a ledge.
