Dense shrub 0.8-2.0 m tall. Branchlets subsericeous. Leaves ascending, 4-6 (-10) mm long, 3-6 mm wide across lobes, regularly 3-6-partite, almost palmate; lobes linear to oblong, 1-8 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide; margins revolute; lower surface enclosed except for midveins, 2-grooved, subsericeous in grooves. Unit conflorescence erect, regular, dome-shaped or subumbelloid, acropetal; floral rachis 2-4 mm long subsericeous or sparsely so. Flowers adaxially oriented; pedicels glabrous or with a few appressed hairs. Flower colour: perianth greenish white to dull cream; style white to cream. Perianth glabrous outside, bearded inside. Pistil 8-10 mm long, glabrous; pollen-presenter oblique. Follicle obloid-ellipsoidal, 9-13 mm long, glabrous, very strongly muricate.