Perennials 5-7 cm tall. Taproot short, stout. Stems ascending, 2-3 cm, simple, glabrous; caudex sheathed by black membranous remnants of old petioles. Leaf blade sometimes folded, base slightly broadened, margin cartilaginous, apex acuminate, midvein scabrous. Basal rosette leaves well developed; petiole to 1 cm, membranous; leaf blade lanceolate to ensiform-lanceolate, 4-6 cm × 3-10 mm. Stem leaves 2-4 pairs, upper leaves 2 (or 3) pairs, surrounding calyx; petiole to 6 mm, membranous; leaf blade lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, or ovate-triangular, 1.5-3 cm × 3-6 mm. Flowers terminal, solitary, sessile. Calyx tube obconic, 1.2-1.7 cm, membranous; lobes lanceolate to elliptic, 0.7-1.7 cm, unequal, margin and midvein cartilaginous and scabrous, apex acuminate to obtuse. Corolla white when fresh but pale yellow or pale blue when dry, with greenish spots and blue stripes, campanulate, 4-6 cm; lobes broadly ovate, 5-6 mm, margin entire, apex rounded and cuspidate; plicae ovate, 2.5-3 mm, margin entire, apex obtuse. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube; filaments 1.5-1.7 cm; anthers narrowly ellipsoid, 4-5 mm. Style 1-1.3 cm; stigma lobes triangular. Capsules narrowly ellipsoid, 1.7-2 cm; gynophore to 2.3 cm. Seeds dark brown, ellipsoid, 1-1.2 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun-Nov.
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