Erect shrub to 1 m tall, rarely 2 m, without lignotuber. Leaves mostly clustered at tips of branches, sessile or shortly petiolate, deeply 3-segmented, 5-15 mm long; laciniae usually 5, terete, c. 0.5 mm diam., usually glabrous but with floral leaves often with long hairs near base. Flowers concealed by floral leaves; perianth to 16 mm long, cream or nearly white, or cream and green, shortly hairy outside. Style to 30 mm long, with long hairs about mid-point and short hairs towards base, rarely glabrous; ovary densely hirsute.