Basal leaves forming a dense rosette; leaf blade obovatelanceolate, abaxially curved, ca. 5 × 1-2 mm, margin entire or coarsely dentate, apex obtuse. Flowering stem ascending, curved, 6-30 cm, sparsely glandular hairy. Inflorescence racemose or paniculate-racemiform and composed of cymelets; cymelet peduncles slender, short; pedicels to 4 mm. Sepals narrowly triangular, ca. 2 × 0.6 mm, Petals red, oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-6 × ca. 1 mm, apex long acute. Stamens 5, shorter than petals. Nectar scales spatulate-quadrate, apex subemarginate. Carpels lanceolate. Styles ca. 1.5 mm. Follicles ca. 3.5 mm including style. Seeds broadly fusiform, striate. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Sep.

* Sunny rocks, valleys and rocks on slopes, rocks near river banks, stone walls; 700-3100 m. S Gansu, Shaanxi, N Sichuan.