Caudex branched, short. Caudex leaves scalelike, triangular. Flowering stems numerous, simple, erect, 35-60 cm × 5-6 mm, densely leafy. Stem leaves 3.5-7 × 0.2-0.3 cm, margin entire or sparsely serrate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences cylindric racemes. Flowers shortly pedicellate or sessile, bisexual, unequally 4-or 5-merous. Sepals linear, ca. 3 mm, apex acuminate. Petals white or red, lanceolate, ca. 7 × 2 mm. Stamens 8 or 10, equaling petals; filaments white; anthers red. Nectar scales subquadrangular, ca. 1 × 1.3 mm. Carpels erect, 0.8-1.2 cm. Follicles red. Seeds ovoid, ca. 1 mm, winged. Fl. Jun-Jul.
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