Caudices branched, ovoid or flat. Leaves 2-3. Inflorescences diffuse or dense, (3-)4-17 (-25)-flowered; bracts scalelike; peduncle greenish or olive, drying greenish or brown, branched distally, 6-23 cm. Flowers: hypanthium campanulate, 1-2 mm, ± equaling sepals; sepals yellow-green or pinkish, 1-2 mm, base flattened, glandular-viscid; petals persistent, alternate with sepals, distinct, white with red veins, 3-3.5 mm. Pollen yellowish. Capsules yellow-green with tan striations, beaks divergent. Seeds dark brown. 2n = 14.
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