Plants small to robust, densely tufted, stem tomentose, mostly with subapical innovations, branched; leaves large, bordered, ovate and ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, lower leaves smaller, distant, upper larger; cells sub rectangular at base, rhomboidal above, smooth; seta long, erect, mostly red, arcuate at tip; capsule clavate, pyriform, with a distinct neck.