Herbs perennial. Stems diffuse, tufted, ca. 12 cm, shiny, glabrous, apically slightly pubescent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 3--7 mm, glabrous, 1-veined, margin cartilaginous, apex subobtuse. Flowers 2--7, in cymes; bracts ovate-lanceolate, membranous, apex acuminate. Pedicel 3--4 mm. Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, 3--4 mm, glabrous, margin white, green, or purplish, broad, apex subobtuse. Petals slightly shorter than sepals, 2-cleft (rarely absent). Stamens 10, 2.5--3 mm. Styles 3. Capsule ovoid-orbicular.
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