HABIT	AN ERECT ANNUAL HERB.
STEMS	10-50 CM TALL, SOME WHAT 4-ANGLED, SLENDER, SMOOTH AND MORE OR LESS PURPLISH.
LEAVES	THE LEAVES ARE OBLONG, OBLANCEOLATE, OR NARROWLY ELLIPTIC, ABOUT 3.5 CENTIMETERS LONG; THOSE ON THE BRANCHES ARE VERY NUMEROUS, SMALL, AND 1 TO 1.5 CENTIMETERS LONG WITH NARROWED BASE AND POINTED OR SOMEWHAT ROUNDED TIP.
FLOWERS	THE FLOWERS ARE SMALL, ABOUT 1.2 MM LONG, GREENISH OR PURPLISH, AND BORNE IN DENSE AXILLARY CLUSTERS.
FRUITS	THE CAPSULES ARE NEARLY SPHERICAL, DEPRESSED, ABOUT 1.2 MM IN DIAMETER, PURPLE, AND IRREGULARLY CIRCUMSSCISS ABOVE THE MIDDLE.
SEEDS	THE SEEDS ARE BLACK.