Herbs perennial, 6--15 cm tall. Roots robust. Stems sparsely caespitose, erect, simple, densely glandular hairy. Basal leaves saccate-oblanceolate, 3--6 × 0.8--1.2 cm, both surfaces subglabrous, margin ciliate, midvein prominent, base attenuate into petiole, apex obtuse, rarely rounded; cauline leaves 1 or 2 pairs oblanceolate to lanceolate, small. Cymes multiflowered. Pedicel 5--15 mm, glandular villous; bracts ovate-lanceolate, ca. 1 cm, herbaceous, glandular villous. Calyx narrowly campanulate, 9--11 × 3--3.5 mm, densely glandular villous, longitudinal veins not prominent; calyx teeth triangular, ca. 2 mm, ciliate, apex obtuse. Androgynophore 1--1.5 mm, pubescent. Petals pale red, 1.2--1.4 cm; claws oblanceolate, glabrous, exauriculate; limbs exserted beyond calyx, subsaccate, 3--5 mm, deeply 4-lobed to below middle of petal; lobes linear, nearly equal in size; lateral lobes spreading; coronal scales nearly flabellate, ca. 0.6 mm, margin entire or slightly emarginate. Stamens included; filaments glabrous. Styles exserted after anthesis. Capsule ovoid, ca. 8 mm, shorter than calyx. Fl. Sep--Oct.
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