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Primary root short-lived. Stem short, unbranched, clothed with cop. long fine hairs, adventitious roots ∞ from amongst old lf-bases. Lvs rosulate, firm-textured, us. forming a close flat mat; lamina up to 20 × 7 mm., about rhomboid, tapering to short broad petiole, tip obtuse, margin entire or with inconspicuous teeth; hairs long and crowded, covering whole upper surface of young lf but wearing from unprotected tip with age, undersurface glab. or with scattered hairs; veins not evident except midrib. Scape very short to exceeding lvs, covered with close crisped hairs. Spike (1)-2-4-(6)-fld. Bracts < 2 mm. long, broad at base, narrowed above, tip subacute, glab. but including tuft of hairs, keel raised but ill-defined; sepals 2-3 mm. long, oblong, obtuse to subacute, glab., keel narrow and distinct, almost excurrent. Corolla-tube short, lobes narrow, acute, 1·5 × 0·5 mm.; anthers up to 1 mm. long; ovules up to 12; capsule up to 3 mm. long, the transverse split much below sepal-tips; seeds squarish, angular.
