Cauline leaves greatly overlapping; proximal inflorescence bract nearly as wide as leaves, well exceeding inflorescence. Tepals: outer and inner whorls chestnut, ca. 4 mm, apex pointed. Capsules chestnut brown, shorter than tepals. Seeds 1.5 mm; caruncle 0.2--0.3 mm. Flowering and fruiting in summer. Grassy places; 0--500 m; Alaska; e Asia.