Small shrub; stems procumbent to ascendent, much-branched, glabrous or sparsely pubescent: internodes short, to 7 mm long. Leaves petiolate, slightly curved; upper surface slightly grooved, sparsely pilose, later glabrous; underside pubescent; margins revolute; sheath ciliate. Flowers in dichasia; bracts and bracteoles similar to leaves or with longer petioles. Calyx ovoid-cylindrical, 4 mm long, 1.8 mm diam., 5-ribbed, with spreading bristly hairs and short appressed hairs above, glabrous below. Petals 5, 5–6 mm long. Stamens 6 or 7. Style 3-branched; stigmas clavate-capitate; ovules 1–15; placentation parietal.
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