Shrubs, 1–10 dm. Stems ascending to prostrate, ?rarely dying to ground?, rarely branched. Leaves: petiole 0.5–6 mm; blade ovate to elliptic, 1–6 × 0.5–2.5 cm, membranous, base obtuse, margins regularly to irregularly serrulate on distal 1/4–1/2 to crenate or entire (long shoot leaves sometimes serrate on full blade), ?teeth rounded, number of primary and secondary serrations 0–1 times number of secondary veins (excluding inter-secondary veins)?, venation pinnate cladodromous, secondary veins not prominent, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences mostly terminal, corymbiform (dense), 1–3[–5] × 0.5–3[–5] cm ?height usually 1 times diam.?; branches ?rarely in axils of leaves?, usually glabrous or puberulent, sometimes villous. Pedicels 1–5(–8) mm, usually glabrous or puberulent, sometimes villous. Flowers 4–6 mm diam.; hypanthia hemispheric, 0.7–1 mm, abaxial surface puberulent to pubescent, adaxial glabrate to pubescent; sepals triangular, 1–1.5 mm; petals white, orbiculate, 1.5–2.5 mm; staminodes 10–12; stamens 18–22, 2 times petal length. Follicles oblanceoloid, 2.5–3.5 mm, puberulent.
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