Ephemeral herb, 3–10 cm high, simple or branched near base, glandular-pubescent and green throughout. Leaves orbicular, 1–2 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, glandular, shortly petiolate; leafy bracts smaller. Inflorescence a terminal corymb of 3–6 flowers. Calyx globose, 1–2 mm long, lobes obovate, more or less equal; corolla whitish, labellum shortly clawed, the hood-shaped lamina deep purple, almost equal in length to the lobes; stigma distinctly 2-lobed. Capsule globose, 3 mm long; seeds brown, globose, smooth. Flowers Sep.–Dec.