Shrublet, up to 0.15-0.30 m high; stems terete, stellate-hispid. Leaves ± suborbicular in outline (sometimes obscurely 3-lobed), apex rounded, margins toothed, base obtuse, 3-5-nerved, densely stellate-hispid. Flowers axillary, solitary; peduncles up to 85 mm long, articulated ± 7 mm below apex. Epicalyx of 6 or 7 linear-oblanceolate bracts. Calyx with lobes lanceolate, acute, joined at base. Petals obovate, yellow. Staminal tube up to 9 mm long; filaments ± 2 mm long. Flowering time Nov.-May. Fruit a subglobose capsule, minutely papillose. Seeds subreniform, almost glabrous or with white silky floss.