Plant: perennial herb; STEMS lax to 40 cm long, decumbent, at least at base, not rooting at the nodes
Leaves: cauline; leaflets 3, to 1.5 cm long, pale green
Inflorescence: 1-3-flowered; pedicel less than 2 cm long
Flowers: perfect, the petals clawed, connate at base; stamens 10; pistil 5-carpelled; styles 5; corollas yellow or orange, 8-12 mm long
Fruit: FRUITS cylindric, 6-18 mm long, fleshy explosive capsules. SEEDS arillate, 1.2-1.7 mm long