Erect, sometimes a bit flexuous herb, 6-40 cm high, branched (mostly at the base). Roots c. 0.2-0.3 mm in CS, glabrous, seldom branched, sometimes with a few hairs. Stem c. 0.4-1.3 mm in CS, glabrous, or with a few hairs, internodes c. (5-) 12-50 mm long. Leaves oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute, c. 1.5-3 by 0.8-1.2 mm, not amplexicaul, appressed. Raceme c. (2-) 7-31 cm long; flowers c. 8-40, all around or more or less to one side. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, c. 1-2 by 0.4-0.8 mm, sessile, appressed to the pedicel but the top mostly a bit patent. Pedicels c. 2-4 mm long and c. 0.1-0.3 mm in CS, 45-90° patent, recurved. ♂Flowers: perianth segments 6, 3 larger ones alternating with 3 smaller ones, all reflexed and at the top bearded; larger segments oblong, acuminate, c. 0.8-1.3 by c. 0.3-0.5 mm, smaller ones oblong, acuminate, c. 0.6-1.1 bye. 0.3-0.4 mm. Stamens 3, c. 0.4 mm, filament short and at the base connate, anthers 3-lobed. ♀ Flowers: perianth like in the male flower but the apices glabrous or bearded, larger segments c. 0.9-1.5 by c. 0.3-0.8 mm, smaller segments c. 1.1-1.2 by c. 0.4-0.6 mm. Carpels c. 10-40, c. 0.2-0.35 mm; style club-shaped, inserted laterally at the base or about halfway, exceeding the carpel when young; apex with many hairs and papillae.
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