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Stems 10-15 cm. much exceeding the narrow, usually glaucous leaves. Inflorescence of 1-3 heads each 5-8-flowered. Flowers pale, c. 5 mm. Perianth dark at tip or with a dark central spot, external much shorter acuminate almost aristate. Stamens equalling outer perianth with anthers much longer than filaments. Style long, stigmas pale exserted. Capsule as long as outer perianth, red brown, trigonous with rounded angles, blunt, shortly but distinctly mucronate. Seeds yellow oval, shortly apiculate, with pale margin.
