Villadia squamulosa Rose

Stems 1+ from tuberous roots, strict, with 20-70 ascending leaves, 1-3 mm diam., nearly smooth. Leaf blades 1-2.5 cm × 1-3 mm. Inflorescences of compact, 1-3-flowered cincinni, 10-30-branched, 3-15 cm × 5-13 mm. Flowers: corolla rose or with white margins, 2-4 × 5-7 mm, tube ± 0.5 mm, lobes ovate; nectaries bright yellow, drying dark red, cuneate-flabellate, ca. 1 × 1-1.3 mm. Follicles red-brown, 2.5 mm; styles abruptly spreading. Seeds brown, 0.5 mm. 2n = 34.