HABIT	A PROCUMBENT HERB WITH A STOUT TAPROOT.
STEMS	QUADRANGULAR, HIRSUTE, HISPID OR SUBGLABROUS, USUALLY WITH LONG INTERNODES.
LEAVES	LEAVES SUBSESSILE, 1.3-5 CM LONG AND 0.8-2 CM WIDE, OBLONG OR ELLIPTIC, APEX ACUTE, SCABRID, PUBESCENT OR NEARLY GLABROUS WITH SCABRID OR CILIATE MARGINS.
FLOWERS	BLUE, PALE MAUVE OR WHITE, 4-6 TOGETHER IN A WHORL WITHIN A STIPULAR CUP.
FRUITS	CAPSULES 5 MM LONG, HARD, USUALLY HAIRY, ELLIPSOID, ROUNDED AT BOTH ENDS.
SEEDS	3-4 MM LONG, OBLONG OR OVOID, VENTRALLY GROOVED, GRANULATE, BROWN.