Erect herb, 25–60 cm high; stems rooting at lower nodes, Leaves sessile, ovate to cordate, 8–15 mm long. Inflorescence diffuse, branching to the third or fourth order, final branchlets ± horizontal. Flowers Oct.–Mar.
VRiv, GipP, NIS, EGL. Also NSW, Qld. Known in Victoria from a single collection from near Chiltern, grows in damp places in open forest and heath.
A specimen of similar appearance was collected near Beechworth in 1938. However, it is unclear if this specimen is also of subsp. ramosissimus or just a robust form of subsp. micranthus.
