Shrub to 1 m high. Branchlets pilose. Leaves pinnately 5–9-foliolate, sparsely puberulous; 1–2 cm long; petiole 2–5 mm long; rachis segments narrowly oblong, c. 3 mm long; leaflets elliptic, 5–8 mm long, flat or recurved on margins. Flowers axillary, solitary or paired; pedicels slender, 1–3 cm long. Sepals broadly ovate to triangular, 0.5–1 mm long, glabrous, red. Petals broadly elliptic, c. 5 mm long, sparsely puberulous, pink. Disc glabrous. Stamens: filaments terete, 1.5–2 mm long, ciliate; antisepalous filaments with globular verrucose apex; anthers minutely apiculate, 0.6–1 mm long. Ovary pubescent; stigma and pubescent style a subglobular mass c. 0.6 mm high.