Erect, branched herb, 8-15 cm high. Roots filiform, c. 0.2-0.4 mm in CS, with long (to 1 mm) hairs. Stem glabrous, 0.4-0.7 mm in CS, internodes 4-15 mm long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, 1-1.5 mm by c. 0.2-0.35 mm, not amplexicaul, appressed, but the top often patent. Raceme c. 1-2 cm long. Flowers c. 10-15, all around. Bracts lanceolate, acute, c. 1-1.5 by c. 0.20-0.25 mm, appressed or patent to 10°. Pedicels straight, c. 6-8 mm long and c. 0.1-0.15 mm in CS, patent at 45-60°. — a Flowers: perianth segments 6, patent, 3 larger ones alternating with 3 smaller ones, all oblong and at the apex with a stipitate (stipe c. 0.15 mm long) subglo-bose knob; the larger ones c. 0.8-0.9 by c. 0.2-0.25 mm; smaller segments c. 0.7 by c. 0.2 mm. Stamens 3, c. 0.15-0.20 mm; anthers almost sessile, 4-celled, 4-lobed, filament mostly clearly exceeding the anther. — 9 Flowers: perianth segments 6, 0.6-0.8 by c. 0.2 mm, completely reflexed, all equal in shape and size, oblong-lanceolate, the apex with a stipitate (stipe c. 0.03-0.05 mm) very minute knob (mostly only well visible in buds or young flowers). Carpels c. 30-40, c. 0.2 mm long (without style); style inserted laterally, c. 0.4-0.9 mm long, the apex acute.
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