HABIT	AN ERECT OR RARELY DECUMBENT ANNUAL HERB .
STEMS	15 – 75 CM TALL, SLENDER, GROOVED AND RIBBED.
LEAVES	2.5 – 5 CM LONG AND 2 – 3.8 CM WIDE, VARIABLE IN SHAPE, BROADLY ELLIPTIC OR LANCEOLATE, APEX OBTUSE OR ACUTE, BASE CUNEATE, MARGINS IRREGULARLY TOOTHED OR SHALLOWLY CRENATESERRATE, MEMBRANOUS TO CORIACEOUS, SPARSELY HAIRY ON BOTH SURFACES.
FLOWERS	FLORETS PINKISH-PURPLE, HEADS ABOUT 20- FLOWERED, 6 MM IN DIAMETER, FORMING ROUNDED OR FLAT-TOPPED, PANICULATE, TERMINAL OR AXILLARY, CORYMBS.
FRUITS	ACHENES 1.3 MM LONG, 3-4 ANGLED, DENSELY SILKY PUBESCENT, SLIGHTLY NARROWED AT BASE.