HABIT	PROSTRATE OR MORE OR LESS ERECT, ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL HERB, UP TO 50 CM.
STEMS	BRANCHED. MOST PARTS DENSELY COVERED IN GREYISH STELLATE HAIRS.
LEAVES	RHOMBIC-OVATE, UP TO 7 × 5 CM WITH A LONG PETIOLE, PLICATE-UNDULATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUNG, 3-5 VEINED FROM THE BASE WITH 2 DARK PURPLE GLANDS AT THE BASE; MARGIN MORE OR LESS ENTIRE OR OBSCURELY TOOTHED.
FLOWERS	FLOWERS IN LEAF-OPPOSED OR PSEUDO-AXILLARY INFLORESCENCE, COVERED IN STELLATE HAIRS, UNISEXUAL. MALE FLOWERS ORANGE-YELLOW OR PINKISH; FEMALE FLOWERS, CRIMSON-RED.
FRUITS	5 × 9 MM, 3-LOBED, DENSELY COVERED IN STELLATE HAIRS, REDDISH OR BLUISH-PURPLE WHEN RIPE.