Shrub or low tree, 1-2 m high; branches with purple tinge, pilose; leaves palmate, deeply 5-7 partite, lobes mucronate, contracted at the base, 1-glandular with an extra tooth in the sinus, usually hairy; stipules ensiform or linear-lanceolate; flowers axillary, solitary; epicalyx cordate, ovate, acute; calyx cupular, truncate, inconspicuously 5-dentate; with 3 nectaries at base; corolla usually light pink or yellow with or without a dark purple centre; obovate, petals 3-4 cm long, spreading, staminal tube antheriferous for its whole length; capsules ovoid, oblong, beaked, 3-4 locular with 5-20 seeded; seeds ovoid or globular with cottony greyish- black floss, not easily separable.