Prostrate perennial herb. Indumentum of sparse to dense short glandular hairs with enlarged globular head. Leaves narrow-elliptic to elliptic, 6–25 mm long, 2.5–7.5 mm wide, acute, glandular hairs often restricted to leaf base, margin serrate, veins prominent. Stipules 2–4 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide at base. Flowers solitary; pedicel 0.6–7.5 mm long. Bracteoles inconspicuous, at base of pedicel, narrow-triangular, c. 3 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, pubescent, margin fimbriate. Sepals 5, narrow-ovate, 3–7 mm long, 1.2–2.4 mm wide, acute to shortly acuminate, glandular-pubescent, green or pink, margin broad, often fimbriate, keel prominent, laciniate. Petals 5, narrow-obovate, mostly longer than sepals, 3.5–6.5 mm long, 1.8–2.5 mm wide, acute to obtuse, reflexed at anthesis. Stamens 10; antipetalous ones c. 1.3 mm long, filament flattened, narrowly dilated to c. 0.4 mm wide at base; antisepalous 1.6–4 mm long, filament broadly dilated to c. 0.8 mm wide at base, margin recurved. Capsule pyriform, 1.75–2.8 mm long, 1.5–3 mm diam., 5-locular; styles 1–1.5 mm long; stigmas clavate, pink. Seeds reniform, 0.5–0.75 mm long, 0.25–0.3 mm wide, dark brown, alveolate.
Commonly grows in inundated areas such as river beds, freshwater swamps, clay-pans and floodouts, in sandy soil; also in Mulga-dominated red earth plains, and heavy soil plains dominated by Mitchell Grass.
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