Shrubs, erect or, rarely, creeping, not mat-forming, rhizomatous, with adventitious roots. Stems (slender to stout), 10-30 cm, glabrous. Leaf blades oval to obovate or elliptic, 1.5-3.5 cm, base cuneate to rounded, margins serrate to ± crenate (teeth usually tipped with minute, glandular bristles), apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences axillary, drooping, secund racemes; peduncle reddish, 2-6 cm, sparsely hairy; bracts light green, oblanceolate, 2.5-3.5 mm, not exceeding sepals, glabrous. Pedicels green, 4-8 mm, sparsely hairy; bracteoles 1-3, pink to reddish, narrowly oblanceolate to subulate, 1-2 mm, glabrous. Flowers: sepals 5, connate ca. 1/2 their lengths, dark green, deltate, 1.5-2 mm, glabrous; petals 5, connate nearly their entire lengths, cream to light pink, 5-6 mm, glabrous, corolla urceolate, lobes 0.5 mm; filaments broadest proximally, tapering distally, minutely ciliate marginally; anthers with 2 bifurcating awns, dehiscent by subterminal pores proximal to awns. Fruits white, 6-8 mm wide.
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An evergreen shrub. It grows 30 cm high. The leaves are small and rounded. They have pointed tips. The flowers are small and white and in long clusters. The fruit are white or pale pink.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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