Perennial herb, erect, rarely prostrate, to c. 30 cm high. Stem scapiform, rarely foliose throughout; foliose part hispid or hispidulous; bracteate part glabrous. Leaves lanceolate to linear, ovate or oblanceolate, 2–14 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, glabrous to thinly pilose. Flowers terminal or axillary, in few-flowered mostly simple umbellate clusters, rarely solitary; pedicels to 75 mm long. Calyx campanulate, subglaucous, glabrous or lobes hairy on the abaxial and adaxial surfaces; tube 1.6–2 mm long; lobes 1–2 mm long. Corolla white; tube 3.5–4.5 mm long; lobes 2.5–4 mm long. Stamens 3–3.5 mm long; anther apiculum recurved; dehiscence extrorse. Capsule globular, 3–4 mm long; fruiting style 1–2 mm long.
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