Small creeping herbs. Stems densely patently strigose. Leaves shortly petiolate, petiole 2-6 mm long, blade ovate, 1.6-2.6 by 0.8-2.2 cm, base rounded, abruptly tapering into the petiole, acute to apiculate at apex, subappressed strigose, densest along midrib on lower side. Flowers solitary, extra-axillary; pedicels antrorse strigose, 12-15 mm long. Calyx 3.5-5 mm long, antrorse strigose on outer and to a lesser degree on inner side, lobes lanceolate, 3-3.5 by 1-1.5 mm, acute, elongated to 4.5 mm in fruit. Corolla white, glabrous, 5-7 mm long, tube 2.2-2.5 mm, lobes orbicular, 3-4 mm in diam., fornices kidney-shaped, 1 mm broad, finely hairy. Stamens 1.2 mm long, anthers 0.7 mm. Pistil: style 1-1.3 mm long. Nutlets pyramidal, c. 1 mm long, dorsal side convex, the other surfaces flat, 2 mm wide, margins acute, ciliolate, black, smooth.
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