Prostrate to erect, woody shrub to 3 m high. Branchlets puberulous, not usually glandular-verrucose; decurrent leaf bases faint. Leaves (1–) 3–9-foliolate, 7–25 mm long, 7–30 mm wide, with few scattered hairs to puberulous, hairs concentrated proximally; petiole and rachis segments 1.5–6 mm long; leaflets narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, flat to semiterete, 3–16 mm long, 0.5–4 mm wide, entire, concolorous. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, 1–7-flowered; peduncles 1–8 mm long; pedicels 1.5–15 mm long. Sepals deltate, 0.75–2.5 mm long, ciliate or abaxial surface sparsely puberulous. Petals 3.5–8.5 mm long, glabrous or abaxial surface sparsely pilose, white to pink. Stamens: filaments pilose, glandular-verrucose towards apex; anthers not apiculate. Ovary glabrous; style glabrous or with a few hairs; stigma minute.
Grows in heath, woodland, or along rain forest borders, often on slopes and rocky ridges.