Annual, with slender to ± stout taproot. Flowering stems erect, densely glandular-viscid, sparsely branched, 2-10-(15) cm tall. Lvs linear-subulate, subacute, glandular-viscid, green to reddish, (2.5)-7-15 × 0.5-1 mm; basal lvs in a tufted rosette. Infl. a monochasial or dichasial cyme with 5-10-(20) fls. Bracts leaflike, not scarious. Calyx cylindric to narrowly bell-shaped, glandular-viscid, 4-5 mm long, divided to c. 1/4 way; teeth triangular, subacute to acute with broad scarious margins. Petals white or pink, slightly > calyx, emarginate. Styles included, incurving. Capsule cylindric, c. = calyx. Seeds 0.7 × 0.5 mm, finely warty.
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