HABIT	ANNUAL HERB, UP TO 60 CM TALL.
STEMS	DECUMBENT-ASCENDING, SUBERECT OR ERECT, SPARINGLY PUBERULOUS OR PUBESCENT.
LEAVES	ELLIPTIC-OBLONG, 1-3 X 0.5-1.5 CM, OBTUSE, OBLIQUELY ROUNDED AT THE BASE, SERRULATE EXCEPT AT THE BASE ON THE INNER MARGIN, SUBTRIPLINERVED, GREEN ABOVE, PALER BENEATH.
FLOWERS	CYATHIA AGGREGATED TOGETHER INTO LOOSE CLUSTERS, TERMINATING SHORT AXILLARY SHOOTS; CYATHIAL GLANDS PURPLISH, WITH WHITE OR PALE PINK ORBICULAR PETALOID APPENDAGES.
FRUITS	TRIGONOUS, 1.5 X 2 MM, SMOOTH, SPARINGLY PUBESCENT OR GLABROUS.
SEEDS	1 X 0.8 MM, OVOID, ROUNDLY-QUADRANGULAR, SHALLOWLY RUGULOSE TO ALMOST SMOOTH, GREY, ECARUNCULATE.