Plants candelabra-form, 3–15(–20) cm. Basal leaves not persisting. Cauline leaves: petiole present (proximal leaves), absent (distal leaves); blade lanceolate to linear (proximal leaves), ovate to lanceolate (distal leaves), to 6 cm, margins dentate or entire (proximal leaves), entire (distal leaves). Bracts green, ovate to elliptic, 5–8.5 × 2–5 mm, width 2/5–3/5 length, not concealing capsule, margins entire. Flowers: sepals 3–5.5 mm; petals yellow to orange proximally, yellow distally, 8–12 mm, apex rounded; stamens 20+, 3–8 mm, filaments monomorphic, filiform, unlobed; styles 7–9 mm. Capsules cylindric or clavate, 5–22 × 2–4 mm, axillary curved to 45° at maturity, often prominently longitudinally ribbed. Seeds 15–25, in 2+ rows distal to mid fruit, tan, dark-mottled, irregularly polygonal, surface smooth to minutely tessellate under 10× magnification; recurved flap over hilum absent; seed coat cell outer periclinal wall flat to slightly convex. 2n = 36.
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