Procumbent to erect plant to 40 cm tall, ±woody; hairs glandular or simple. Leaves mostly cauline, ±sessile, linear to ovate, entire to lobed; lamina 1-4 cm long, 2-10 mm wide; basal leaves ephemeral. Flowers in thyrses or racemes to 30 cm long; bracts leaf-like; peduncle slender, 6-15 mm long; bracteoles linear, 2-4 mm long; pedicel 4-7 mm long, not articulate. Sepals linear to lanceolate, 2-4 mm long. Corolla to 12 mm long, glabrous or with few hairs inside, auriculate; abaxial lobes to 5 mm long; wings to 1.5 mm wide. Indusium oblong, often grooved above and below. Ovules 4-12. Fruit broadly ovoid, to 3 mm long; valves entire, spreading. Seeds oblong, 2 mm long, pale yellow, minutely aculeate.