Centella ternata M.T.R.Schub. & B.-e.van Wyk

Tufted perennial herb with annual flowering branches developing from a woody base. Old leaf bases pubescent, persistent on woody stems, resulting in a scaly appearance. Leaves petiolate with a papery lamina; petiole slender, 15-70 mm long, sparsely pubescent towards the base; lamina semicircular to orbicular, (6-)10-12(-13) mm long, (9-)12-14(-16) mm wide, the base truncate, the veins not depressed above and only slightly raised below, surface glabrous on both surfaces, pale green, concolorous, the margin serrate. Inflorescence with single umbellules borne on axillary leafless short shoots; involucral bracts paired, lanceolate, 2.0-2.5 mm long, 0.5-1.0 mm wide, as long or longer than the fruit, sparsely pubescent; flowers all bisexual, three per umbellule; petals sparsely puberulous. Fruit orbicular, flattened, 2-3 mm long, ±2 mm wide, smooth, minutely puberulous.