Leaves more than 10, all in basal rosettes, living at anthesis, essentially sessile; blade obovate, 2-4 × 0.7-1.4 cm, base tapered, margins ± entire, apex rounded; main veins 1-3 per leaf, ± parallel, not obviously pinnate. Inflorescences: axes not winged or angled, 15-25 cm × 1-1.5 mm, glabrous; nonflowering branches absent; spikelets moderately to densely aggregated at branch tips, internodes 2-3 mm; subtending bracts 1.5-5 mm, rounded to broadly acute, surfaces and margins glabrous; flowers 1-2 per spikelet. Flowers: calyx whitish distally with reddish brown ribs, funnelform, 4-5 mm, glabrous; tube 3-4 mm, lobes spreading, 1 × 1 mm; petals lavender to pink, exceeding calyx ca. 2-3 mm. Utricles unknown. 2n = 24, 27.
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