Main root thick. Caudex simple, erect, short. Caudex leaves leaflike; petiole ca. 9 mm, persistent; leaf blade linear-oblanceolate to-rhomboid, ca. 6 × 1.5 mm, deciduous, apex subacute. Flowering stems few, to 2.5 cm. Stem leaves alternate, sessile, linear-elliptic, 4-5 × ca. 1 mm, narrowed at both ends, margin entire. Inflorescences 1-or 2-flowered. Flowers unequally 5-merous. Sepals ovate-oblong, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm, apex obtuse to acute. Petals ovate, 2.5-3 mm, apex attenuate. Stamens 10; antesepalous ones equaling or slightly shorter than petals; antepetalous ones inserted ca. 1/3 from petal base. Nectar scales suboblong, apex obtuse. Carpels erect. Styles short. Fl. and fr. Sep.
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