HABIT	A SLENDER, DECUMBENT TO ERECT, USUALLY ANNUAL HERB, UP TO 30 CM TALL.
STEMS	MUCH BRANCHED, ANGULAR.
LEAVES	1.3-3.7 CM LONG AND 0.3-1.8 CM WIDE, IN WHORLS OF 2-9, LINEAR LANCEOLATE TO OBOVATE, APEX OBTUSE, ACUTE OR APICULATE, NARROWED AT THE BASE; PETIOLES OBSCURE.
FLOWERS	WHITE, GREENISH, ORANGE OR PINK IN LAX, CORYMBOSE, TERMINAL CYMES; PEDUNCLES AND PEDICELS FILIFORM.
FRUITS	CAPSULE SUBGLOBOSE, ABOUT AS LONG AS SEPALS, WITH THIN WALLS.
SEEDS	DARK REDDISH-BROWN, COVERED WITH RAISED POINTS.