Subshrubs forming ± compact cushions, silvery sericeous, 4-10(-15) cm tall. Stems densely branched; twigs hard, spinescent; flowering branches more elongate, not spinescent. Leaves sessile, linear, rarely oblanceolate, 0.5-2 cm X 1-4 mm, base attenuate, apex rounded. Pedicel 2-5 mm. Flowers 2-6, terminal, rarely solitary, paired spines absent. Sepals elliptic or oblong-obovate, 5-8 mm, abaxially dull yellow tomentose-villous, apex short acuminate. Corolla pink, funnelform, 1.5-2.5 cm, midpetaline bands densely pubescent; limb shallowly 5-lobed. Stamens unequal; filaments dilated basally. Ovary pubescent. Stigmas linear. Capsule globose, 4-6 mm, pubescent apically. Seeds ovoid, glabrous. Fl. May-Jul.
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