Herbs subcaulescent; caudex branched. Flowering stems 6-15 cm, short stipitate-glandular. Leaves: petiole glabrous or short stipitate-glandular and scattered medium stipitate-glandular; blade ovate, deeply 5-lobed, 0.5-2 cm, base truncate or shallowly cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces short stipitate-glandular abaxially, sparsely long stipitate-glandular adaxially. Inflorescences dense. Flowers: hypanthium strongly bilaterally symmetric, free 1.5-2 mm on adaxial side, reddish purple, cylindric, 4-5 mm, short stipitate-glandular proximally, medium stipitate-glandular distally; sepals spreading, green-tipped, unequal, 1.2-1.5 mm, apex obtuse or rounded; petals spreading, white, spatulate or oblanceolate, rarely linear, unlobed, 1.5-2.5 mm (equaling or longer than sepals), margins entire; stamens barely included to 1.5 mm exserted; styles exserted 1.5-2 mm, 2.5-3 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. Capsules ovoid, 3.5-5 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. Seeds dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.6 mm.
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