HABIT	AN ANNUAL GLABROUS HERB.
STEMS	PROSTRATE, SUCCULENT; TRICHOMES AT NODES.
LEAVES	OBOVATE OR SPATULATE, FLATTENED, 4-28 × 2-13 MM, APEX ROUND TO RETUSE OR NEARLY TRUNCATE; INVOLUCRELIKE LEAVES 1-4.
FLOWERS	3-10 MM DIAMETER; YELLOW.
FRUITS	CAPSULES OVOID, 4-9 MM DIAMETER.
SEEDS	BLACK OR DARK BROWN, ORBICULATE OR ELONGATE, FLATTENED, 0.6-1.1 MM; SURFACE CELLS SOOTH, GRANULAR, OR STELLATE, WITH ROUNDED TUBERCLES.