Planta haud dense compacta. Foliorum rosulae 7-12 mm latae. Folia omnino isomorpha, exteriora minore, 4-9 x 1.3-2.1 mm, elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, carinata, ciliata. Pill albi, supra et infra aeque nec dense dispersi, 0.4-1.0 mm longi. Folia extima siccitate brunneo-grisea. Folia interiore plerumque latiora, pallide viridia, apice saepe purpureo-tincta. Scapus 7-14 mm longus, modice robustus, 3-9-florus, pilis longioribus patentibus cum brevioribus capitatis glandulosis intermixtis. Bracteae 4.5-5 mm longae, foliaceae, apice purpurea-tinctae, pedicello longiores. Calyx ± campanulatus, c. 3 mm longus, usque ad dimidium fissus, glanduloso-pilosus; lobis 1.4 mm longis, ovatis, obtusis, apice purpurascentibus. Corollae limbus c. 6.5 mm latus, lobis obovatis retusis. Ovarium depresse globosum. Stylus 1 mm longus. Capsula calycem superans, brunnea, valvis subacutis.
A more or less compact plant, but not densely so. Leaf rosettes 7-12 mm broad, ± compact. Leaves quite isomorphic, the outer smaller, 4-9 x 1.3-2.1 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, carinate, ciliate. Hairs white, on both surfaces equally spaced and not densely so, 0.4-1.0 mm long. Outermost leaves drying a brownish-grey. Inner leaves usually broader, pale green, often purplish tinged at the apex. Scape 7-14 mm long, rather stout, 3-9-flowered, with longer spreading hairs intermixed with short capitate-glandular ones. Bracts 4.5-5 mm long, leaf-like, apex tinged purplish, more than pedicel in length. Calyx ± campanulate, c. 3 mm long, ½ cleft, glandular-hairy; lobes 1.4 mm long, ovate-obtuse, tips purplish tinged. Corolla limb c. 6.5 mm broad, lobes obovate, retuse. Ovary globose-depressed. Style 1 mm long. Capsule exceeding calyx, brown, valves acutish.
