Plants tufted, with bulbils on caudices. Leaves basal; petiole broad, flattened, 0.2-1 cm; blade ± obovate to ± obtrullate, 0.5-1.5 cm, ± coriaceous, base ± attenuate to ± cuneate, margins serrate to dentate on distal 1/3-2/3, sometimes ciliate, surfaces glabrous or glabrate abaxially (rarely sparsely reddish brown-hairy). Inflorescences usually 2-10-flowered, ± capitate cymes, sometimes solitary flowers, (1-)2-7(-11) cm, hairy or glabrous proximally, glabrate or ± purple-tipped stipitate-glandular distally. ( Pedicels proximal ± elongate.) Flowers: sepals erect, ovate to deltate; petals white with purple margins, usually pink or purple tinged, not spotted, obovate to oblong, clawed, 2-3 mm, usually slightly longer than sepals; filaments linear, flattened; pistils connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary 1/2 inferior, appearing more superior in fruit. Capsules reddish to purplish, folliclelike. 2n = 20.
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