HABIT	AN ERECT OR SPREADING, MUCH BRANCHED, ANNUAL HERB, 20-60 CM TALL.
STEMS	STEM AND BRANCHES PURPLE, PILOSE.
LEAVES	LANCEOLATE TO OVATE, 2-9.5 CM LONG, 1-5 CM BROAD, OBLIQUE OR OBTUSE AT THE BASE, SERRATE, BASAL SERRATURES PROLONGED INTO SETACEOUS APPENDAGES OR NOT.
FLOWERS	CYME ANTIPHYLLOUS, VERY SHORTLY PEDUNCULATE, MOSTLY 2, RARELY 3-FLOWERED. FLOWERS GOLDEN YELLOW, 1 CM ACROSS.
FRUITS	CAPSULES SOLITARY OR PAIRED, WITH 3 FAIRLY STOUT WINGS, 10-25 MM LONG, 4-6 MM IN DIAMETER,\ TRUNCATE AND TERMINATING IN 3, BIFID, RADIATING, 3-7 MM LONG BEAKS AT APEX, 3-LOCULED, LOCULES TRANSVERSELY SEPTATE OR ASEPTATE.
SEEDS	BLACKISH-BROWN, ANGULAR, ROUGH, OBLIQUELY TRUNCATE AT BOTH ENDS.