Annual, caulescent herb. Stems up to 0.5 m long, decumbent to prostrate, hispid to hirsute and with numerous glandular hairs. Leaves alternate, subopposite or opposite; petiole 25-90(-115) mm long, indumentum as on stem, stipules 2, ovate; blade simple, (20-)40-70(-110) x (20-)30-45(-100) mm, pinnately veined, broadly ovate to broadly deltate-ovate, sparsely hispid to hirsute with glandular hairs and sessile glands, margin very variably dissected but usually only shallowly lobed and obtusely dentate to serrate, apex obtuse to acute, base cordate. Inflorescence of 2-8 flowers, indumentum as on stem; peduncle (15-)30-100(-130) mm long; pedicels 5-25 mm long; bracts 3 or more, ovate, straw coloured, scarious. Sepals 5-7 x 2 mm, apical mucro terete and 2 mm long, indumentum as on stem. Petals 5-8 x 2-3 mm, pinkish to purplish. Stamens free; fertile stamens with filaments narrowly ovate and apex terete, 4-5 mm long; pollen striate interwoven to reticulate, polar diameter 73 µm; staminodes subulate, 3 mm long. Ovary 1-2 mm long with terminal beak 2-3 mm long; style 0-1 mm long; stigmas 1 mm long. Mericarps: head 3-5 mm long, apical pit shallow and glandular, without any furrow below pit; tail 30-40 mm long. Seed 2-3 mm long. Flowering takes place from August to December with the peak in September and October, while fruiting stretches from September to December.
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