Prostrate, much-branched, densely leafy shrublet, stems up to 30cm long. Leaves crowded, overlapping, 3-foliolate, softly white-hairy, leaflets egg-shaped to oval. Pinkish-purple flowers on short stalks, nestling in the leaves.

Latin: glomero = to form into a ball, compactly clustered: referring to growth habit of flowers compactly clustered into leaves.