Annuals c. 50 mm tall, delicate, tufted. Leaves c. 4 per plant, setaceous, 10-15 mm long, erect, broadened below, sheathing peÂduncles. Capitula solitary, pseudolateral, rarely a second one produced above, 1-4-flowered; bracts tepaloid, lowest forming conÂtinuation of stem but not overtopping flowers. Tepals ovate-concave, 2,5 mm long with dark brown margins, outer shorter, pointed. StaÂmens 3, about half as long as tepals; anthers somewhat shorter than filaments. Ovary ovoid; style short; stigmas fairly long, spreadÂing. Capsule oblong, obtuse, apiculate, golden brown; seeds ovoid, obtuse, 0,3 mm long, golden brown, reticulate. Very small tufted annuals (20-) 50-80 mm tall. Leaves several per shoot, narrowly linear, about half as long as inflorescences, forming a broad, membranous, folded sheath basally. Capitula single, apical, pseudolateral, 2-8-flowered, lowest bract leaf-like forming continuation of stem, exserted above. Flowers chasmogamous or cleistogamous. Tepals 3-4 mm long, ovate, transparent, pale, often pinkish, outer aristate, inner shorter, apiculate. Stamens 3, opposite outer tepals; filaments longer than anthers. Ovary ovoid; style long, with erect stigmas or short, with stigmas curled up on top of ovary. Capsule trilocular, ovoid, mucronate, included in perianth, shiny, brown; seeds 0,3 mm long, obovate, reticulate, golden brown. Plate 3:2.