Acaulescent perennial.. Leaves in a basal rosette; blade oval or obovate, 4–13 mm. long and 2–8 mm. broad, glandular on and around the margins above, pilose beneath; petiole 3–15 mm. long, broadening out gradually into the blade, glabrous on the upper surface and pilose beneath.. Stipules 3 mm. long, connate at the base; apex lacerated.. Peduncles 1–2, 2–16 cm. long, arising laterally from the rosette and curving to become erect, canaliculate, pilose throughout their lengths; inflorescence racemose, 2–6-flowered; pedicels 1–7 mm. long, pilose; bracts elliptic, 2–3 mm. long.. Sepals 5, ± elliptic and acute, 3–6 mm. long, 1.5–2.5 mm. broad, pilose.. Petals 5, about 6 mm. long, red or reddish-purple.. Stamens 5; filaments 4 mm. long.. Ovary subglobose, 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. broad; styles 3, 2 mm. long, bifid nearly to the base.. Seeds ovoid, 0.3–0.5 mm. long, 0.2 mm. broad, black; testa smooth.. Fig. 1/9, p. 3.
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