Herbs. Stems spreading to erect, sometimes zigzagged, purplish, simple or branched, wiry, (5–)10–35 cm, papillose-scabridulous. Leaves evenly distributed or crowded at branch tips, articulated to ocreae, basal leaves persistent, distal leaves gradually reduced to bracts; ocrea 3–4 mm, papillose-scabridulous, proximal part funnelform, distal part finely lacerate; petiole 0.1–2 mm; blade 1-veined, not pleated, linear to narrowly oblong-elliptic, 8–30 × 1–4(–7) mm, margins narrowly revolute, never touching along midrib, smooth, apex acute, mucronate, ± glaucous adaxially. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, spikelike, dense; cymes mostly congested toward tips of branches, 2–3-flowered. Pedicels enclosed in ocreae, erect to spreading, 2–3 mm. Flowers semi-open or closed; perianth 1.8–2.4 mm; tube 25–33% of perianth length; tepals overlapping, greenish, white, or pink with pink margins, petaloid, oblong, cucullate, navicular in distal 1/4, apex rounded; midveins unbranched; stamens 8. Achenes enclosed in perianth, black, elliptic to ovate, 1.8–2.3 mm, faces subequal, shiny, smooth.
