HABIT	A DECUMBENT-ASCENDING OR ERECT PERENNIAL HERB OR UNDERSHRUB 0.6-0.9 CM HIGH.
STEMS	WITH A WOODY BASE; BRANCHES COVERED WITH LONGITUDINALLY ARRANGED, APPRESSED, 4-BRANCHED WHITE HAIRS.
LEAVES	2-6.5 CM LONG AND 0.8-4 CM WIDE, OVATE TO LANCEOLATE, APEX ACUTE TO OBTUSE, BASE ACUTE OR OBTUSE TO ROUNDED OR TRUNCATE, MARGINS IRREGULARLY TOOTHED, 5-NERVED AT THE BASE, HIRSUTE ABOVE, STELLATELY HAIRY ON MAJOR VEINS BELOW.
FLOWERS	SOLITARY OR 2-3 TOGETHER IN LEAF-AXILS; PEDUNCLES 0-12 MM LONG; FLOWERS PALE YELLOW TO ORANGEYELLOW.
FRUITS	CARPELS 8-14, CURVED, 2-2.5 MM LONG WITH SHARP DORSAL EDGES, BEARING 2 OUTWARDLY DIRECTED AWNS AND ANOTHER AT APEX, 0.5-1 MM LONG.
SEEDS	1.5 MM LONG, RENIFORM.