Plants solitary or in clusters, rhizomatous. Leaves basal; petiole ± distinct to indis-tinct, flattened, (0.3-)0.5-3 cm; blade oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate or narrowly spatulate, sometimes ± narrowly obovate, (0.5-)0.9-3.5 cm, ± fleshy, base ± attenuate to cuneate, margins (3-)5-7(-9)-toothed in distal 1/2 (teeth 0.5 mm), sparsely ciliate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences (2-)4-16-flowered, open, racemiform, sometimes paniculiform thyrses, sometimes solitary flowers, 3-15.5(-17 in fruit) cm, glabrous; (bracts reduced). Flowers: sepals reflexed, oblong or lanceolate to ovate; petals white to cream, often purplish, not spotted, linear to ± narrowly elliptic, not clawed, 2-4 mm, usually longer to sometimes shorter than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate 1/2+ their lengths, (conic); ovary ± 1/2 inferior. Capsules dark purple-black, valvate.
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