Faroa salutaris Welw.

Perennial herb 3–16 cm high.. Stem usually many-branched from the base, rarely simple.. Rosette leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 11–45 mm long, 4–15 mm wide, obtuse, margin minutely revolute, midrib prominent beneath.. Cauline leaves lanceolate to oblong-obovate, 6–12 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, obtuse.. Inflorescences in axillary and terminal fascicles, umbel-like, sometimes head-like; pedicels 5–9 mm long; bracts subtending inflorescence oblong to linear-oblong, 5–15 mm long, 0.3–2.5 mm wide, obtuse, not inflated.. Flowers numerous, mauve to whitish.. Calyx tube cylindrical to funnel-shaped, 0.7–1.4 mm long; lobes ovate to lanceolate, 1–2.1 mm long, 0.8–0.9 mm wide, subacute, apically thickened, 1-nerved.. Corolla tube 2.3–3 mm long; lobes elliptic-lanceolate, 2–2.5 mm long, 0.8–1 mm wide, acute.. Filaments 2.2–3.4 mm long, filiform; anthers ellipsoid, 0.3–0.6 mm long.. Ovary obovoid, 1–1.5 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm diameter; style 2.5–4 mm long, filiform; stigma minute, subcapitate.. Capsule obovoid, ± 1.7 mm long, 1 mm diameter.. Seeds ellipsoid, ± 0.3 mm in diameter, surface pitted.