This coarse and bushy spreading herb grows to be up to 30 cm (12 in) tall.

The flowers have white or rarely mauve corolla lobes and a yellow or orange tube.

Inflorescences may be solitary or held in tree flowered cymules in the upper axils.

[2] This species is endemic to South Africa and is known from the Northern Cape, North West and Free State provinces.

It prefers growing in the shelter provided by cliffs and rocky outcrops.