[3] It is a herbaceous, fragrant, semi-succulent, multibranched plant with a sprawling growth habit that becomes a dense rambling subshrub reaching 1m high, where it will root as the branches touch the ground.

The dark green leaves are broadly ovate with 3-7 pairs of rounded teeth, somewhat hairy both above and below and 35-40 mm in length.

[5] The small, white to mauve inflorescence is a terminal upright raceme, reaching 125 mm in length, supporting 4-6 flowers at each node.

It can survive extreme drought by wilting and remaining in a state of weak, semi-dormancy until rainfall occurs again.

Though larval caterpillars of moths and butterflies can flourish on the plant's leafy parts, thereby disturbing the leaves.