Parrya xerophyta W. W. Smith, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 12: 217. 1920.

Herbs 3-10 cm tall, subglabrous or pilose, with trichomes (1-)2-3 mm; caudex covered with petioles of previous years. Petioles of basal leaves 0.7-2(-2.5) cm, thickened, persistent, ciliate pilose; leaf blade filiform to narrowly linear, (1.5-)2-5.5(-7.5) cm × 0.3-1(-1.5) mm, long ciliate or glabrous, often grooved adaxially, base attenuate, apex subacute. Cauline leaves absent. Flowers solitary. Fruiting pedicels erect or ascending, (1-)1.5-3.5(-4.5) cm. Sepals oblong to oblong-linear, 6-8 × 1.5-2.5 mm, united or free. Petals pink or blue, obovate, (1.5-)1.7-2.2 cm × 5-8 mm; claw 7-12 mm. Filaments of median staminal pairs 3.5-5 mm, those of lateral pair 2-3 mm; anthers 1.5-1.8 mm. Ovules 12-20 per ovary. Fruit lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, (1.5-)2-5.5(-7) cm × 5-8 mm; valves glabrous or pilose, obscurely veined; septum complete; style obsolete; stigma entire or slightly lobed. Seeds biseriate, broadly ovate or suborbicular, minutely reticulate, 2-4 × 2-3 mm. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Jul-Oct.

* Among rocks, cliff ledges, stony meadows, scree; 3700-5200 m. Sichuan, Yunnan.