HABIT	SOFT, UNARMED, HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL, BUT FLOWERING THE FIRST YEAR FROM SEED, THEREFORE SEEMINGLY ANNUAL, 7-100 CM TALL OR MORE, OFTEN REPENT.
STEMS	REPEATEDLY BRANCHED, GLABROUS BELOW THE FLOWERING BRANCHES.
LEAVES	GLABROUS OR VERY THINLY PUBERULENT ON THE PETIOLE, VEINY BELOW, LANCEOLATE TO ELLIPTIC, 2-12 CM LONG, 6-12 MM WIDE, ON WINGED PETIOLES UP TO 5 MM LONG.
FLOWERS	FLOWERS IN IRREGULARLY BRACTED RACEMES OR PANICLES, THE INFLORESCENCE BRANCHES, PEDICELS, AND CALYCES STIPITATE GLANDULAR; FLOWERS BLUE.
FRUITS	CAPSULAR, 4-4.5 MM HIGH, SEPTICIDALLY DEHISCENT, SEATED IN THE PERSISTENT CALYX.
SEEDS	NUMEROUS, LESS THAN 0.5 MM LONG.

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