Perennial 4—18 cm long. Rhizome elongated, knotted, scaly. Leaves radical; leaflets 12 35 mm long, 15—45 mm broad, emarginate; margin and lower surface with appressed hairs. Petiole 3.5—17 cm long, sparsely pubescent, base fleshy. Bracts 2, present half way up the peduncle. Sepals free, oblong lanceolate. Petals 10—15 mm long, white to pale pink. Filaments glabrous. Styles longer than the stamens. Capsule ovoid. Seeds few, longitudinally ribbed.