Habit : A prostrate herb with slender, fibrous root. Stem branched from the base, then ascending, glabrous or with spreading hairs.
Leaves : Sessile, spreading, ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, flat, glabrous or sparsely hairy, with villously ciliate margins, base rounded or cordate; sheaths short, hirsute.
Inflorescence : Scopioid cymes.
Flowers :
Bracteate, complete. Bracts like the leaves, ovate, cordate, acuminate, ciliate, bracteoles few or many, biseriate, ovate, falcate, acute, glabrous or ciliate with long hairs.
Sepals lanceolate, acuminate.
Corolla-tube not much exceeding the sepals; corolla-lobes ovate.
