Dwarf shrub, up to 0.25 m high; minutely stellately pubescent. Stems procumbent, decumbent or erect. Leaves shortly petiolate; blade ovate or oblong, margins dentate, upper and lower surfaces with glabrescent hairs. Flowers: in 2-flowered cymes, peduncles equal to leaves; calyx campanulate, semi-5-fid, segments deltoid; petals reddish purple; Sep.-Jan.