Prostrate herb, perennial, rooting at the nodes, pubescent. Leaves suborbicular to reniform, 1-3 cm wide, sparsely pubescent below. Flowers solitary, axillary. Sepals 2-3 mm long, pilose, spathulate-oblong. Corolla white to greenish-yellow, rotate-campanulate, shorter than the calyx. Fruit capsular, deeply 2-lobed, each lobe usually 1-seeded.

Fl. Per.: March-May.

Type locality: USA, South Carolina, Charleston. No type specimen known.

Distribution: U.S.A., Bermuda, introduced in Pakistan.

Mostly cultivated here as a ground cover, grows abundantly in shady places in the plains. In their native area in the Americas, these plants grow on disturbed sites and pinelands.