Scandent shrub or climbing vine with striate puberulent stems becoming glabrescent. Strigillose leaves to 90mm x 100mm with 6-8 mucronulate lobes. Terminal & axillary cymose panicles, 2 series of mucronulate phyllaries, outer ones to 5mm x 1.5mm, inner ones to 6mm long. 12-20 florets, white to purple or lavender corolla to 7mm long weith tube 4.5mm long, outer lip 4mm x 1.5mm, inner lip 2.5mm long. Glabrous achenes with bristly white pappus to 6mm long.