Caespitose herb, c. 5 cm tall. Leaves densely imbricate, c. 3 mm long, oblong, narrow at the base, apex obtuse, recurved, with 3(-5) pits on the upper surface, glabrous, minutely ciliate on the lower half. Leaves on peduncle lax. Peduncle 2.5-3.8 cm long, glandular. Flowers yellow, 3-5, in corymbs; pedicel 5-6 mm long. Sepals c. 2 mm long, oblong, basally adnate, glandular-pilose. Petals obovate, twice the length of sepals. Stamens longer than the sepals. Styles long, divergent in fruit. Capsule sub-globose.