HABIT	Annual, erect, glandular-pubescent herb, 50-100 cm tall
STEMS	Angular, ribbed, thickened above the node, more or less densely hairy
LEAVES	Five foliate; leaflets subsessile, 3-9 X 1.5-4 cm, elliptic-obovate, apex subacute, base cuneate, pubescent
FLOWERS	At first corymbose, elongating into a densely bracteate racemes. Flowers white
FRUITS	Capsule 5-9 cm long, cylindric, striate with 5 mm long beak; glandular, pubescent
SEEDS	1.2 mm across, rugose, dark brown