Erect, suckering, aromatic, perennial subshrub to c. 1 m high; stems with dense glandular hairs and long eglandular hairs. Leaves alternate, opposite or branch-opposed; lamina cordate to triangular in outline, 1–12 cm long, 1.5–13 cm wide, 3-palmatisect or pinnatisect, with 5–11 pinnatifid or pinnatisect segments, with dense glandular hairs, long soft eglandular hairs and short broad appressed hairs, margins shallowly toothed or subentire; petioles 1–8 cm long. Umbels 2–6-flowered; peduncle 2–8 cm long; pedicels 1–2 mm long; sepals lanceolate, c. 10 mm long, apiculate, villous and with dense glandular hairs; sepal spur to 5 mm long; petals spathulate, 12–25 mm long, pale pink to pinkish-purple, the posterior pair with dark purplish markings. Fertile stamens 7. Fruit c. 18 mm long; mericarps villous. Flowers mostly Aug.–Jan.
OtP, OtR. Also naturalised NSW. Native to South Africa. Spreading presumably from dumped garden refuse on coastal dunes at Eastern View (near Aireys Inlet).
