HABIT	LOW GROWING, MUCH BRANCHED, ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL HERB, 5–50 CM TALL.
STEMS	MUCH BRANCHED, BRANCHES PILOSE, HAIRS LONG AND SPREADING.
LEAVES	SIMPLE; OVATE, ELLIPTICAL OR LANCEOLATE, CORDATE AT THE BASE, 2.5–7.5 CM LONG, PROMINENTLY NERVED, GLABROUS OR SPARSELY PUBESCENT BENEATH.
FLOWERS	RACEMES SPICATE, AXILLARY AND TERMINAL, 1–15 CM LONG; FLOWERS LAX TO DENSE ALONG RACEMES.
FRUITS	PODS DISTINCTLY MONILIFORM, 3- TO 5-JOINTED, 1–2CM LONG, CALYX NOT LONGER THAN FIRST JOINT; GLABROUS OR SPARSELY PUBESCENT; ARTICLES 2.5–3MM LONG AND 2–3 MM WIDE, WITH A SMOOTH TO RETICULATE SURFACE SCULPTURE.
SEEDS	OVOID, SMOOTH, SHINING BROWN.