Herbs 15–35 cm tall. Rootstock long, slender, branched. Leaves 3–6, crowded at base of caudex; petiole 2–3 cm; leaf blade light green and purplish abaxially, deep green with pale veins adaxially, oblong or obovate-oblong, (3–)5–7 × 2.5–4 cm, thinly leathery, base cuneate, decurrent, margin with remote minute teeth, apex acute or mucronulate. Scape slender, with 1 or 2 scalelike leaves at base; raceme 4–10-flowered, 2.5–4 cm. Pedicel 5–9 mm; bract lanceolate, 5–9 mm, membranous. Flowers ± nodding, saucer-shaped, 1–1.5 cm in diam. Sepals ovate-oblong, 3–6 × 2–2.5 mm, apex acute. Petals light green to white, obovate-oblong, 6–8 × 5–7 mm, apex rounded. Filaments glabrous; anthers yellow, 3–4 × 1–1.5 mm, tubules present. Style exserted, 6–10 mm, curved, dilated at apex into a ring. Capsules 7–11 mm in diam. Fl. Jun–Jul, fr. Jul–Aug.
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A herb. It grows 15-35 cm tall. The rootstock is long and slender. There are 3-6 leaves crowded near the base. The leaves are light green underneath. They are 5-7 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. There are small teeth on the edge. There are 4-10 flowers on a stalk. They are saucer shaped and nodding. They are light green to white.
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