HABIT	A HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL.
STEMS	CLIMBING, PROSTRATE, OR ERECT, GLABROUS.
LEAVES	PETIOLATE OR SESSILE AND HAVE OVATE, LANCEELLIPTIC, OR SPATULATE TO OBLANCEOLATE BLADES THAT MEASURE 5-9 × 2.5-4 CM IN LENGTH.
FLOWERS	WHITE IN SHOWY DENSE RACEMES.
FRUITS	CAPSULES ARE 7.5-8 MM LONG, LIKE A SMALL COCKLEBUR WITH GLUE ON THE SOFT SPINES AND THEY WILL STICK TO ANYTHING.
SEEDS	REDDISH BROWN TO DARK BROWN.