Erect to decumbent perennial herb or shrublet, up to 75 cm tall; stems densely pubescent to tomentose, sometimes also with scattered long simple hairs. Leaves with 2–12 mm long petiole; blade 1–5.5(–7.5) x 0.6–3.7(–5) cm, cuneate to rounded or truncate at the base, subacute to retuse at the apex, with serrate-crenate margins, pubescent to tomentose, more densely so beneath. Flowers axillary, solitary or paired; pedicels 2–30 mm long, articulated above middle. Calyx 5–9 mm long, 10-ribbed at the base, tomentose outside, puberulous inside on lobes only, enclosing the ripe fruit. Petals (5–)8–11 mm long, yellow to orange or sometimes white, erect when open. Mericarps 7–9, 3–3.5 mm long, with a pair of up to 1 mm long puberulous beaks, rugose to reticulate on the back, reticulate-striate on the sides.
Range
N1–3; C2; S1–3 widespread in the drier parts of tropical and southern Africa, also in Arabia and eastwards to India.
