Rosette proliferous from the base, about 2.5 cm across. Leaves rather numerous, 1 up to nearly 2 cm long, 7-9 mm broad towards the tip, obovate-oblong, sub-obtuse, shortly acuminate, with a pellucid, distinct, simple end-bristle 1 mm long, a little curved inward, pale green, not grey-green, a little shining, pellucid towards the tip on both sides, face flat towards the base, convex towards the tip, back convex, obtusely and obliquely keeled towards the tip, keels nearly always smooth, margins smooth or with very few, minute, whitish teeth irregularly distributed, face with 3-6 darker longitudinal lines which are irregularly and indistinctly united and of which only about 3 reach the pellucid leaf-tip, back with a little more numerous longitudinal lines.
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