HABIT	ANNUAL HERB, UP TO 20 CM LONG, 1-3 MM IN DIAMETER.
STEMS	DELICATE, USUALLY STOLONI-SHAPED, MULTIRAMOSE, SPARSELY PILOSE.
LEAVES	OPPOSITE, ELLIPTIC, OBLONG OR OBOVATE, 4 – 8 MM LONG, 2-5 MM WIDE, APEX ROUNDED, BASE OBLIQUE, IN-EQUILATERAL, ROUNDED OR SUBCORDATE, MARGINS SERRULATE, RARELY ENTIRE, SPARSELY PILOSE ON BOTH SURFACES, RARELY GLABROUS.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCES SOLITARY OR SEVERALLY CLUSTERED AT LEAF AXILS. MALE FLOWERS SEVERAL, SLIGHTLY EXCEEDING INVOLUCRES. FEMALE FLOWER 1, STIPES OF OVARIES VERY SHORTER.
FRUITS	APPRESSED-PUBESCENT, TRIVALVED COCCI.
SEEDS	LONG, OVOID-TETRAGONAL, 0.7 MM LONG, 0.5 MM IN DIAMETER, SCARLET.