Perennial rosette herb with a long thick persistent taprooot. Leaves spreading close to the ground, elliptic-obovate to oblanceolate, (3–)7–10(–14) cm long, 0.8–2(–3) cm wide, pubescent on both surfaces, dentate but sometimes obscurely so, 3–5(–7) veined, acute, tapering very gradually to the base, with a tuft of brown hairs in the axil. Scapes 9–20 cm long, pubescent with antrorse-appressed hairs. Spikes cylindrical, 1.5–3 (–7) cm long. Bracts ovate, 1.4–1.7 mm long, 1–1.4 mm wide, slightly keeled, with a broad glabrous or pilose carina 1/2 to 2/3 of the width. Sepals subequal, elliptic, obtuse, 2.2–3 mm long, 0.8–1.5 mm wide, glabrous, slightly keeled, membranous toward the margin. Corolla: tube 2–2.5 mm long; lobes broad-ovate 1.3–1.8 mm long, 1.3–1.8 mm wide with a distinct midvein. Stamens: anthers 1.3–1.5 mm long. Ovary bilocular with 2 ovules in each loculus, the placenta in one loculus swollen at the apex but without on ovule above it. Capsule subglobular to ovoid, 2.5–3.5 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, obtuse but with the stylar base often persistent as a short mucro. Seeds 4, elliptic, 1.3–1.8 mm long, greyish brown, with a thin mucilaginous layer.
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