Caudex apice 2 cm diam. vel ultra, ramulos dense confertos, 4-8-foliatos, emittens, ramulis floriferis 4-6-foliatis, internodiis invisis. Folia demum patentia, duo paris, prsecipue inter immatura, dissimilia, alterum carina superne leviter dilatatum, alterum superne attenuatum, carina adulta eccentrica, supra visa saepe subfalcato-curvata itaque margine altero longiore, subglauca, conspicuissime viridi-punctata, punctis leviter prominentibus, ad 4 cm longa, ad 8 mm lata diametroque. Flores 1-3-nati, vespertini, sine sepalis 2.8 cm diam., pedunculo foliis aequilongo, receptaculo turbinato. Sepala 5, subsequilonga, superne angustata, ad 1.8 cm longa. Petala 2-3-seriata acuta lutea, subtus saepe rubicunda, ad 1.2 cm longa, saepius ad 0.5 mm lata. Stamina erecto-conferta, filamentis interne pallidis, interioribus basi dense papillatis, ad 1 cm longis, antheris luteis. Glandulae 5, permagnae, fere contiguae, luteo-virides. Ovarium supra valde concavum, leviter lobatum. Stigmata 1.2 cm longa, stamina attingentia vel parum superantia. Capsula generis, expansa 1.5 cm diam., carinis in aristam, ad apicem valvae attingentem, desinentibus, alis dimidium cellae tegentibus.
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Perennial, caespitose, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.05 m high, stems reduced, forming small dense clumps, roots succulent. Leaves subfalcate to incurved, epidermis rough, cells of keel and margins almost denticulate. Flowers pedicellate, solitary, yellow. Flowering time winter and spring. Capsules 5-locular, dark brown, woody.
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