Ramuli floriferi dense 6-8-foliati; folia patula etiam in plantis feris, carina vix, vel apice denticulate obscure, visa, supra plana, marginibus 3-6-dentatis, dentibus albe vel rubre apiculatis, culta ad 2 cm. longa, 0.9-1.2 cm. lata, 4-5 mm. diam.; flores subsessiles vel pedunculo per 3 mm. exserto; receptaculum globosum vel leviter compressum, omnino dense minuteque papillatum, punctis sat magnis, haud prominentibus, 6-7 mm. longum cum tubo 1 mm., 7 mm. et 6 mm. diam.; sepala 6, 7-8 mm. longa, basi 2-3 mm. lata, exteriora carinata. apicem versus compressa ibique carina aspera vel 3-4-denticulata, ad 2 mm. diam., 4 marginata; petala ca. 5-seriata acuta vel obtusa, sordide rubescentia vel in flore altero pallide straminea, extima apice purpurea, ad 7 mm., vel ad 9 mm., longa, ad 0.75 mm., vel 1 mm. lata, in genere inter latissima visa; filamenta ad 5 mm. longa, aurea, antheris luteis; fossae obscurae; ovarium supra planum, medio vero leviter elevatum, vel in flore altero circa marginem concavum, deinde gradatim ad per 1.5 mm. elevatum, lobis dorso complanatis vel leviter concavis, apicem versus subconvexis basesque stigmatum occultantibus; stigmata 6, sat gracilia, apicem versus leviter angustata, 1.5-2 mm. longa.
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Perennial, caespitose, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.02 m high. Leaves trigonous, upper surface flat to shallowly concave on younger leaves, margins with 3-6 prominent teeth with white apex, epidermis dotted with elevations, leaf apex a blunt point. Flowers solitary, yellow with reddish apex. Flowering time May-July. Capsules 5-locular, covering membranes a ledge, closing bodies absent, valve wings narrow.
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