Prostrate herb; stems striate, sparsely pubescent and with capitate glandular hairs; tendrils present. Leaves 3(5)-foliolate; sessile or subsessile; leaflet-lamina up to 5 × 3 cm. (in median leaflet, lateral leaflets less than 1/2 the size of the terminal), narrowly obovate to obovate, apex obtuse or acute, margin irregularly serrate-crenate with glandular serrations, base cuneate, sparsely pilose or glabrescent above with capitate-glandular hairs, sparsely pilose and capitate-glandular especially on the nerves below; petiolules up to 1 cm. long on the median leaflet; stipules up to c. 1 cm. long, lanceolate, sparsely pubescent, margins usually glandular. Cymes on short side-branches, lax, trichotomous; peduncle up to 3 cm. long, indumentum as for stems; pedicels up to 5 mm. long, pubescent and with capitate-glandular hairs; bracts and bracteoles c. 2 mm. long, linear, pubescent. Flower-bud c. 2·5 mm. long, oblong-cylindric, constricted near the middle, pilose or glabrescent. Calyx 0·5 mm. long, subentire, pilose. Ovary glabrous or with a few glands; style c. 1·5 mm. long; stigma indistinct. Fruit (immature) ellipsoid, glabrous or with a few glands.