HERB with a very short-branched woody rootstock, the upper parts covered by foliar remains.Scapes 5–15 cm, curved. Leaves 15–40×(1.2)1.5–4(4.5) mm, monomorphic, concentrated at the end of the rootstock branches, sublinear to linear-lanceolate, (1)–3-veined, obtuse to subacute, with a narrow popuscarious
ciliate