Erect hard-textured aromatic shrub up to 2m, covered in gland-tipped hairs. Leaves variable in shape, 3-lobed or elliptical, toothed, the lower 20-70mm long but much reduced in size among the flowers. Hibiscus-like pink flowers in the axils with a hairy staminal column split at the top. Fruits 9-15 chambered.

Greek: aniso- = unequal, uneven, odontus = toothed; referring to the toothed edges of the leaves.