Perennial herb, 3–17 cm tall. Rhizome prostrate, woody, apical part branched and ascending. Leaves radical, tufted; peti-ole slender, (2–)4–9(–11) cm; leaf blade orbiculate, orbiculate-elliptic, or ovate, variable even on same plant, (0.5–)1.5–5 × (0.3–)1.5–5.5 cm, thinly leathery, abaxially pale green, adaxially dark green, base truncate, subcordate, or attenuate and shortly decurrent into petiole, margin apiculately obtuse-serrate, rarely subentire, and often undulate, apex rounded to truncate and sometimes minutely retuse; secondary veins 3 or 4 on each side of midvein. Scapes 1–3, slender, erect, 4–5 cm at flowering, 6–13 cm at fruiting, glabrous, with many lanceolate acuminate scales crowded at base; bracts 3–5, remotely alternate on scape, linear-lanceolate, 5–6 × 1–1.5 mm, apex acuminate, upper most one at base of calyx. Flowers 1–2 cm in diam. Sepals persistent, membranous, inner two somewhat smaller, ovate, 5–6 mm at flowering, 7–8 mm at fruiting, margin entire, apex obtuse to subacute. Corolla white or pale pink, campanulate, ca. 8 × 10 mm; lobes obovate, ca. 6 × 4–5 mm, irregularly dentate on apical margin. Stamens adnate to apex of corolla tube; filaments ca. 0.2 mm; anthers broadly ovate; staminodes absent. Ovary ovoid-globose, ca. 2 mm. Style ca. 2 mm; stigma capitate. Capsule globose-ovoid, ca. 4 × 3 mm. Fl. Mar–Apr, fr. Apr–May.
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