Plants up to 5 cm. high. Rhizome short, carrying narrow roots with elongated tubers. Leaves in a prostrate rosette, oblanceolate, petiolate, obtuse, glabrous, up to 20 cm. long and 4–8 cm. wide, rather thick with prominent veins, occasionally undulate and ciliate. Peduncle terete, up to 2 cm. long, so that the inflorescence appears at ground-level among the leaves. Inflorescence up to 4 cm. long, dense, often branched, sometimes looking almost capitate; floral bracts large, up to 10 mm. long, often ciliate. Pedicels apparently not articulated, ± 5 mm. long, often reflexed in fruit, several at the nodes. Perianth white; tepals 6–8 mm. long, 5-veined; stamens as long as the perianth; anthers ± 2 mm. long, shorter than the filiform filaments. Style filiform, as long as the stamens. Capsule shallowly trigonous, ± 5 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, smooth. Seeds saucer-shaped, ± 2 mm. in diameter. Fig. 11/1.