Ephemeral herb, 2–8 cm high, simple or with axillary branches, glandular-pubescent or hirsute with reddish stems. Leaves elliptic to linear-oblanceolate, 2–6 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, shortly petiolate; leafy bracts linear-oblanceolate. Inflorescence a terminal corymb or raceme of 2–6 flowers, or sometimes flowers solitary. Calyx globose, 1–2 mm long, lobes obovate, c. equal; corolla whitish with a yellowish throat, labellum with 2 broad lobes but without appendages, the hood-shaped lamina pale pink, equal in length to calyx-lobes; stigma 2-lobed, one produced before the other. Capsule globose, 2 mm long; seeds globular, wrinkled to unevenly pitted. Flowers Aug.–Nov.