Herbs, annual, 10--30 cm. Stems ascending to decumbent. Leaves: blade sessile, linear to linear-lanceolate, 2--15 ´ 0.3--1 cm, glabrous or sparsely hirsute. Inflorescences: proximal cyme ± 2-flowered, distal cyme absent; spathes solitary, whitish basally, pedunculate, usually slightly falcate, 0.9--2 ´ 0.4--1 cm, margins distinct, connate basally, apex acuminate, sparsely hirsute; peduncles 0.3--1.6 cm. Flowers bisexual, less than 1 cm wide; proximal sepals connate, forming cup; paired petals apricot- or peach-colored, proximal petal white, minute; staminodes 3; antherodes yellow, cruciform. Capsules 3-locular, 3-valved, 4--5.5 mm. Seeds 5, brown, 1.9--2.7 ´ 2--2.4 mm, reticulate. 2n = 56.
