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Perennial, richly branched herb. Stems quadrangular, creeping, reaching 2 m length, glabrous except for the apical part which is stellate pubescent. Leaves ± sessile, ovate-oblong, narrowly elliptic, acute, stellately haired on both sides, (1-)3-3.5(-5) by 0.3-1.2 cm. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, lax cymes; peduncles 3-4 cm, stellately haired; bracts narrowly elliptic, 3-5 mm. Sepals ovate-narrowly elliptic to triangular, 4-6 mm, stellately haired and with scarious margin. Petals deeply bilobed with divergent lobes, as long as sepals or slightly shorter. Stamens 10, filaments enlarged towards the base, inserted on a disc, as long as sepals. Ovary spherical or ovoid; ovules few; styles as long as ovary. Capsule as long as calyx, dehiscing by 6 valves. Seeds reddish brown, oblong, 0.6 mm, rugose.
A herb. It has star like hairs. The leaves do not have leaf stalks. The leaves are 0.5-3 cm long by 0.3-1 cm wide. They are oval and taper to a tip. The base is rounded. The flowers are in white, loose flat topped arrangements. The fruit is a capsule.
