Plants to 15 cm, soft. Stems 2-4 mm wide across leafy stem, remotely branched to irregularly pinnate, branches to 1.2 cm. Stem leaves strongly squarrose-recurved, crowded (stem concealed by leaves), ovate, not plicate or rugose, 2.4-4.2 × 1.1-1.9 mm; base subsheathing, rounded to insertion; apex narrowed, acumen long, channeled; costa to 1/3 leaf length; alar cells distinct, shorter, wider than basal cells, walls thin, not porose; medial laminal cells 45-80 × 5-7 µm, smooth. Branch leaves ovate to lanceolate, 1.2-2.3 × 0.4-0.9 mm. Capsule ovoid, 1.2-2.2 mm.