Usually a spreading shrub to c. 60 cm high, less often erect to 1 m high, glabrous to moderately simple hairy throughout; branches obviously glandular, often dichotomous. Leaves pinnate with (3–)5–9 leaflets, 8–15 mm long, 4–5 mm wide; leaflets obovate, 2–9 mm long, 1–4.5 mm wide, obtuse to obcordate, margins flat, entire, midrib not raised abaxially, terminal leaflets shortest; petiole 0.5–1 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, 1(–3)-flowered; peduncle usually absent; pedicel 0.5–5 mm long. Sepals broadly ovate-deltoid, imbricate, ciliate, 1–2.5 mm long; petals pink or white, valvate, midrib not raised abaxially, 4–7 mm long, glabrous, 2.5–3 mm wide, persistent; staminal filaments glabrous; style glabrous, stigma globular, often concealing style. Follicles 2.5–3 mm long; seed 2–2.5 mm long, grey to black, dull, smooth. Flowers mostly Nov.–Feb.