Primary root very short-lived. Stem unbranched, dying at base as it grows upward, sts several cm. long, clothed with long fine hairs; adventitious roots ∞ from amongst old lf-bases. Lvs rosulate, of firm texture, 1-4 cm. × 6-10 mm., lamina elliptic, tapering to short broad petiole; tip broad, obtuse, margin almost entire; hairs long, many-celled, rather sparse, mostly near margin, leaving midrib and whole underside of lf glab.; 2 lateral veins sts visible when pressed. Scapes up to 8 cm. long, terete, thinly pilose. Spike < 1 cm. long, with 4-8 crowded fls. Bracts 2.5-3 mm. long, broad at base, narrow above, obtuse to subacute, keel rather narrow and raised, glab.; sepals 2.5-3 mm. long, ovate, subacute to obtuse, keel occupying c. ⅓ of width, raised, glab. Corolla-tube short, lobes ovate, c. 1·5 × 1 mm.; anthers ?; ovules 4-(5?); capsule c. 3 mm. long, rounded, seeds 1-4, mostly full length of loculus.
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