General: Perennial herb, often matted, stolons thread-like, sprawling, with minute, rounded leaves; stems erect, to 40 cm tall, delicate, nearly glabrous, not hairy in lines, purplish above.
Leaves: Mostly on lower part of stem, round below to linear above, 5-25 mm long, tips blunt to round, clasping at base; unstalked.
Flowers: Inflorescence very open, sparsely glandular; hypanthium 0.8-1.5 mm long; petals 2-8 mm long, white to rose-purple, notched at tip; sepals 1-4 mm long; stigmas sometimes cylindric.
Fruits: Capsules, 2-5 cm long; stalks 2-6.5 cm long; seeds 1-1.4 mm long, pimply.
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