HABIT	A SLENDER, PROCUMBENT OR SUBERECT HERB.
STEMS	UP TO 50 CM LONG WITH A WOODY ROOTSTOCK.
LEAVES	1.2-2.5 CM LONG, LINEAR-OBLONG OR THE UPPER ELLIPTIC, APEX OBTUSE, MUCRONATE, BASE TAPERING, VILLOUS ON BOTH SIDES, LEAF MARGINS SLIGHTLY HAIRY, SHORT-PETIOLED.
FLOWERS	AXILLARY OR ON SHORT LATERAL BRANCHES, SESSILE OR SHORT-PEDICELLED, 1-3 TOGETHER; PALE ROSE OR ROSE-YELLOW.
FRUITS	AN ELLIPSOID OR GLOBOSE CAPSULE, 0.3 CM LONG, SMOOTH.
SEEDS	BROWN TO BLACK, 5-7 MM, OVAL, FLAT TO SLIGHTLY CONCAVE ON ONE SIDE, CONVEX ON THE OTHER SIDE; MINUTELY PUBERULOUS.