Subshrubs, to 0.5 m. Stems procumbent or ascending, sometimes purplish, minutely stellate-pubescent, usually with simple hairs 1 mm. Leaves: stipules filiform, 3–4 mm; petiole often exceeding blade; blade markedly discolorous, ovate, 1.5–4 cm, ± as long as wide, base deeply cordate, margins dentate, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface with soft, densely matted pubescence, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent. Inflorescences solitary flowers. Flowers: calyx 10–15(–20) mm, lobes accrescent, basally overlapping, cordate; corolla pale yellow throughout, petals 14–18 mm; staminal column glabrous; style 6–9. Schizocarps ± ovoid, 10 × 11 mm; mericarps: apically acuminate, densely hirsute. Seeds 3 per mericarp, 2.6 mm, muriculate. 2n = 14.
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