Low subshrub, growing up to 300 mm tall, many stemmed from a woody base. Leaf shape is somewhat rounded to broadly oblong or ovate-oblong, wider at the base, with a slightly uneven and wavy edge. The size is between 7 to 19 mm in length and 5 to 11 mm in width. The surface is somewhat covered with fine hairs in a scattered pattern, and there may be small gland-tipped hairs. The stem attaching the leaf to the plant (petiole) is 2 to 7 mm long, and for some lower leaves, it can be as long as 19 mm. Flowers 1 to 3, in leaf axils, all turned to one side (secund), and their petals are twisted. They are bright yellow, turning reddish as they age, and stick out a bit from underneath the light green, swollen, hairy calyx. The stamens are around 5 mm long and have thin, transparent filaments. The anthers overlap the filaments at the base and have small hair-like structures. The ovary is flattened and rounded, with 5 lobes, about 4 mm long and 5 mm in diameter. It is covered in dense, star-shaped hairs. The stem supporting the ovary is up to 1 mm long, and the styles are 4 mm long. The capsule is surrounded by the persistent calyx. Flowering is in winter and spring, from July to October.