Plants light green, not stoloniferous, 0.7-8.2 dm. Stems erect or ascending (rarely prostrate). Leaves basal and cauline or all cauline, sessile or petiolate; blade obovate or broadly spatulate to elliptic, 1.5-15 cm, base decurrent, cuneate, apex rounded to obtuse. Inflorescences terminal or terminal and axillary, usually racemose, sometimes paniculate, sessile or pedunculate; peduncle to 0.7 cm, usually shorter (to longer) than stem. Pedicels spreading or ascending, bracteate, 1.5-14 mm, glabrous; bract at midlength. Flowers: calyx 1.3-1.5(-2) mm, lobes triangular to ovate, shorter than tube, apex acute, not glandular; corolla white, 1.2-3 mm, lobes oblong, longer than tube, base glabrous, apex rounded or emarginate; staminodes 5. Capsules 2-3 mm. 2n = 26.
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A small fragile plant. It grows 10 cm high. The plant forms a ring of oval leaves. There are 7-14 leaves in the ring. The leaves are 6-10 cm long with a narrow base and 2.5-4 cm wide. They are bright green.