Ephemeral herb with fibrous roots. Stem to 10 mm long, erect. Leaves in a convex rosette, 15–20; lamina suborbicular to almost flabellate, very concave, 9–12 mm diam., abruptly narrowed to flat petiole 3–8 mm long and 2–4 mm wide; stipules fused to base of petiole, 1–2 mm long. Scapes 1–4, 3–5 cm long, glandular-hirsute, many-flowered; pedicels 4–10 mm long, deflexed after flowering. Calyx 4–5 mm long, pilose, deeply divided into ovate, laciniate lobes. Petals obovate-cuneate, 4–5 mm long, orange or red. Styles 3, each bi-or tri-furcate towards apex.