Herb with tuberous taproot; stems very short. Petioles slightly winged distally. Leaf lamina dark shining green above with scattered irregular pale grey patches, near vein axils especially. Inflor. a flattened disc irregularly shaped with marginal area pinnately lobed. Drupes embedded in head of inflor. Freely regenerating from seed. Drupes c. 1.5 mm across, ribbed and tuberculate on convex dorsal side.