Perennial herbs, main stems ± decumbent, older parts covered with remains of stipules and petioles, lateral stems prostrate to sub-erect, up to 1 m, not rooting (?), stems and petioles with patent long hairs. Stipules of the leaves on the main stems membranous, those of the leaves of the long shoots herbaceous, up to c. 1 cm long, shortly adnate, shortly connate at opposite side of stem, long-hairy outside. Leaves very variable in size, blades from 6 by 8 mm to 5 by 8 cm, petioles 1-20 cm. Leaf-blades reniform, (5-)7-9-fid, base deeply incised, serrate, the apical tooth of each lobe normally shorter than adjacent ones, pedately nerved, both sides with semi-appressed hairs. Inflorescences axillary, sympodially stretched cin-cinni, usually simple, 2-15 cm long, up to c. 12 flowers, peduncle up to 5 cm. Bracts 2 with each flower, herbaceous. Flowers 4-merous. Hypanthium narrowly infundibuliform, 1-1.5 by 0.8-1 mm, densely hairy outside. Disc almost closing throat of hypanthium, intrastaminal, cushion-shaped. Epicalyx leaves apert, ovate to elliptic, 0.8-1.2 by 0.5-0.8 mm, hairy outside. Sepals ovate-triangular, 1.2-1.5 by 0.8-1 mm, indumentum as epicalyx. Stamens 4, alternisepalous, ftiaments 0.5 mm, anthers c. 0.2 mm, falling early. Pistil 1, ovary glabrous, shortly stalked, style subbasal. Achene enclosed in endurated, slightly enlarged hy-panthium, ovoid, c. 1.2 mm long, style persistent, pericarp bony, smooth.
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