Piloso-hispid, stem prostrate or creeping, rather slender, often rooting at the nodes, 2–10 in. long. Leaves orbicular, slit at the base up to central insertion of petiole, with 5–7 crenate lobes extending about 1/3 down, 1/3– 2/3 in. wide; petioles longer than the leaves, 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, usually solitary; stipules ovate, 1/12 in. long; peduncles usually solitary, slender, 1/3– 1/2 in. long. Flowers capitate, crowded, many together, on very short pedicels, in globose heads 1/8 in. in diameter; bracts small; petals green, valvular in bud; style nearly as long as the fruit. Fruit with acute primary and no secondary ridges, small, about 1/20 in. wide; mericarp with 1 rib on each face, acute at the back.