Plant: perennial, rhizomatous, evergreen sub-shrub Leaves: mainly 2-3 per node; blades ovate-lanceolate to mainly lanceolate, to 4 cm long, remotely toothed; upper surface dark green variegated with white along the main veins; lower surface commonly red-purple, Inflorescence: inflorescence bracts linear-lanceolate, fragile Flowers: 1-5; actinomorphic, drooping, sepals ovate to oblong ovate, to about 2.5 mm long; apex rounded; margins fringed; petals white, minutely fringed, about 8 mm long; filament apical enlargement densely hairy on margins, sparsely on face; anthers 3 mm long Fruit: FRUITS erect capsules, without fibers connecting opened valves Misc: Coniferous forests; 2000-2400 m (6500-8000 ft); Jun-Aug Notes: scapes to 20 cm tall, minutely papillate becoming densely glandular papillate in the inflorescence