Caudices unbranched, usually ovoid, rarely spheric. Leaves 1(-3). Inflorescences diffuse, 1-5(-10)-flowered; bracts scalelike; peduncle brown, drying light brown or gray, branched near middle, 3-28 cm. Flowers: hypanthium campanulate, 2.5-4 mm, length 2+ times sepals; sepals greenish, 0.8-2 mm, base flattened, glandular-viscid; petals withering, alternate with sepals, distinct, white with tan, maroon, or purplish veins, 3.5-6 mm. Pollen yellowish. Capsules green or tan with brown striations, beaks divergent. Seeds dark brown. 2n = 14.
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