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Small glab. tufted herb up to 15 cm. tall, with deeply descending main root; stock short, often multicipital, sts woody. Lvs on slender, flattened, ± pilose petioles (5 mm.)-1-2-5-(10) cm. long. Stipules adnate at base, ovate-oblong, acuminate, entire, up to 1·5 cm. long. Lamina 1-3 × 1-2.5 cm., broad-ovate to deltoid, crenulate, cuneately narrowed to base or sts truncate. Fls 1-2 cm. diam., on very slender peduncles 5-10-(15) cm. long: bracts below or above middle, filiform to linear, 3-5 mm. long. Sepals narrow-to broad-oblong; petals white, streaked with lilac and yellow lines, lateral ± fimbriate. Capsule 7-10 mm. long; seeds pale, 1-1·5 mm. diam.
Perennial herb, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; stems decumbent or erect; stolons absent. Leaves crowded near stem apex; lamina ovate-triangular, obtuse, 5–22 mm long, 5–8 mm wide, shallowly crenulate; petiole 0.5–5.5 cm long; stipules narrowly triangular, acute, fimbriate, connate in lower half. Flower-scapes to 10 cm long, exceeding leaves; bracteoles near mid-point. Sepals narrowly ovate to ovate, obtuse, 3–5 mm long, with short basal appendages. Petals 7–10 mm long, the anterior spurred. Capsule 7–10 mm long. Seeds 1–1.5 mm diam., pale.
