Stems 1-6-(10), erect, glabrous or glandular, 5-15-(20) cm tall. Basal lvs narrow-oblanceolate to narrow-spathulate, subacute at apex, cuneate at base, 10-25 × 2-5 mm, glabrous or sparsely ciliate. Stem lvs distant, opposite, ovate, obovate or spathulate, glabrous or ciliate, 5-15 × 2-5 mm. Bracts crowded, ovate, green or purplish with wide scarious margins, 1-1.5 × 0.5 mm. Pedicels glabrous, recurved at flowering, erect at fruiting, (5)-10-20 mm long. Sepals narrow-ovate, obtuse; margins scarious, 3-5 × 1-2 mm. Petals white, slightly > sepals. Stamens usually 3, slightly < sepals. Styles 3, c. 1.5 mm long. Capsule broadly cylindric, or ellipsoid, 4-5-(6) mm long, dehiscing by 6 recurved teeth. Seeds pale brown, about 1 mm long.