Herbs perennial, efarinose, less than 1.5 cm tall. Leaf rosettes 1.5 cm in diam., with remains of old leaves at base. Petiole narrowly winged, nearly as long as leaf blade; leaf blade spatulate to oblanceolate, 5--12 X 1--2 mm, tapering to base, glabrous or occasionally sparsely minutely glandular abaxially, margin entire or occasionally with 1--3 small teeth on each side, apex obtuse. Scapes less than 3 mm, with a solitary flower; bracts solitary, linear, ca. 0.5 mm, inserted 1--2 mm below calyx. Flower terminal, homostylous. Calyx campanulate, 2--2.5 mm, glabrous, parted to near middle; lobes triangular, apex acute to obtuse. Corolla bluish purple; tube ca. 5 mm; limb 4--5 mm wide; lobes oblong, ca. 2 X 1 mm, emarginate. Stamens at middle of corolla tube. Style ca. 2.5 mm. Capsule cylindric, to 5.5 mm.
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