Herbs [subshrubs], perennial, (dying to near base [or not], new shoots forming dense rosettes often by anthesis), not viviparous, 0.5-2.5 dm, glabrous [pubescent]. Stems decumbent-ascending [erect], branching [or not], herbaceous [± woody]. Leaves persistent, basal and cauline, alternate, ± alike, gradually smaller, sessile, not connate basally; blade linear, subterete, 1-2.5 cm, fleshy, base spurred, margins entire; veins not conspicuous. Inflorescences terminal spikes or narrow thyrses. Pedicels: flowers subsessile. Flowers erect, 5-merous; sepals distinct, all alike; petals spreading from middle [erect], connate basally, nearly distinct, rose; calyx and corolla not circumscissile in fruit; nectaries cuneate; stamens 2 times as many as sepals; filaments adnate to corolla base; pistils erect, nearly distinct; ovary base truncate; styles 2+ times shorter than ovary. Fruits erect. Seeds obovoid, with papillose ribs. x = 9-17, 20-22, 33+.
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