Folia supra visa acuta, medio haud vel leviter angustata, obscure apiculata, marginibus carinaque integris vel in immaturis marginibus inconspicue 1-et 2-denticulata vel in cultis dentibus parvis utrinque 2, 2 et 3, vel 3 et 3, carina apice tantum visa, eccentrica, lat. visa superne baud vel leviter ampliata, apice saepe rotundata, latere altero convexo, altero piano vel subconcavo, glauce viridia, punctis subprominentibus, saepius 2 et 2.4 cm. longa cum vagina 0.8-1 cm., medio 8-9 mm. lata, e carina ad marginem 4-8 mm., medio ad 6 mm., diam., nervo medio cum nervo primario utrinque fere parallelis; pedunculus in vagina inclusus; receptaculum subglobosum, 6 mm. longum cum tubo 1.5-2 mm., apice 5-6 mm., medio 6-7 mm., diam.; sepala 5, omnia apice leviter incrassata, exteriora vix compressa, 8-9.5 mm., vel 9-10 mm., longa, basi 2.5-3.5 mm., vel 3-4 mm., lata; petala 4-seriata, acuta, lutea, 7-11 mm. longa, 0.25 mm., vel rarius ad 0.5 mm., lata; filamenta ad 6 mm. longa; fossae inconspicuae; ovarium circa marginem planum, medium versus sat abrupte ad per 1 mm. elevatum; stigmata anguste clavata, ad 2.25 mm, longa.
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Perennial, caespitose, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.03 m high. Leaves glaucous, trigonous, acute, upper surface triangular from above, margins with 1-3 low teeth, epidermis dotted with white elevations, apex a blunt point, older leaves with a prominent chin. Flowers solitary, yellow. Capsules 5-locular, covering membranes a ledge, closing bodies absent, valve wings narrow.
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