Cushion-forming perennial herb with basal leaf rosette.. Stems 2–12(–17) cm long, usually much branched from the base, angles of older stems minutely scabrid-denticulate.. Basal rosette leaves with ± winged petiole 5–15 mm long, blade spatulate or elliptic-obovate, 12–22 mm long, 7–8 mm wide, apex obtuse to truncate; cauline leaves sessile, obovate-lanceolate or subspatulate, 8–18(–20) mm long, 7–10 mm wide, apex obtuse to truncate, narrowed at the base.. Inflorescences corymbose,partial inflorescences many, each 5–6-flowered; pedicels 8–20 mm long, pedicel of the terminal flower always shorter than pedicels of lateral flowers; bracteole elliptic, 6–13 mm long, 4.6 mm wide, obtuse at apex, narrowed at the base.. Flowers 5–(or 6–)merous.. Calyx lobes: 2 longer and wider than others, spatulate-obovate or oblong-lanceolate, 2–6 mm long, 1–5 mm wide, apically obtuse or subacute.. Corolla light purplish or white with purplish-brown median dorsal stripes; tube very short, 0.7–1.5 mm long; lobes obovate to elliptic, 6–13 mm long, 2–6 mm wide, obtuse to truncate; nectaries 2 per lobe, yellow with greenish spots around, circular, 0.4–1 mm diameter, 0.2–0.7 mm apart, 1.6–3 mm from base of lobes, margin fimbriate, fimbriae 0.6–1.2 mm long.. Stamens with filaments 2.7–4.6 mm long, dorsiventrally flattened, scale-like projections present at their attachment point; anther 0.7–1.3 mm long, oblong.. Ovary oblong-ovate, 4–6 mm long, 1–3 mm diameter; style obsolete; stigma bilobed, lobes 0.4–0.6 mm long, 0.8–1.3 mm wide, obtuse, forming a crescent-shaped rim at apex of each capsule valve; parietal placentae indistinct.. Capsule elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 5–11 mm long, 3–4 mm diameter.. Seeds brown, 0.4–0.7 mm in diameter, surface slightly reticulate.
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