HABIT	ANNUAL, 8-35 CM TALL, ERECT OR SOMEWHAT DECUMBENT, BRANCHED HERB OF MOIST PLACES.
STEMS	STEM AND BRANCHES MOSTLY PINKISH, GLANDULAR PUBESCENT, RARELY SUB-GLABROUS.
LEAVES	OPPOSITE, SUBSESSILE OR SHORTLY PETIOLATE, OBLONG-OBOVATE, ELLIPTIC OBLONG, LANCEOLATE OR OBLANCEOLATE, 4-25 MM LONG, 2-15 MM BROAD, APEX ACUTE, MARGIN MINUTELY AND DISTINCTLY SERRATE, GLANDULAR PUBESCENT OR ALMOST GLABROUS
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE DENSE OR LOOSE AXILLARY FASCICULATE CYME OF 6-12 OR MORE FLOWERS. FLOWERS REDDISH.
FRUITS	CAPSULE REDDISH, OVOID OR SUBGLOBOSE, MARGINS OF THE VALVES INCURVED.
SEEDS	SEEDS MINUTE, WITH ROUNDED ENDS, DARK BROWN, SHINING, SOMEWHAT RETICULATE.