HABIT	AN ERECT, SUBGLABROUS, ANNUAL OR BIENNIAL HERB, UP TO 2 M TALL.
STEMS	BASALLY WOODY, BRANCHED.
LEAVES	3-5 COSTATE, LANCEOLATE TO OVATE-LANCEOLATE, 2.2-9 CM LONG, 1.8-4.2 CM BROAD, GLABROUS EXCEPT THE SCATTERED HAIRY VEINS, SERRATE, BASAL SERRATURES PROLONGED INTO FILIFORM DEFLEXED APPENDAGES, ACUTE OR ACUMINATE.
FLOWERS	CYME 1 OR 2-FLOWERED, ANTIPHYLLOUS, SHORTLY PEDUNCULATE. FLOWERS YELLOW, 12-15 MM ACROSS; SUBSESSILE
FRUITS	CAPSULES 1 OR 2 TOGETHER, 2-7.2 CM LONG, WITH 4-5 MM LONG, ENTIRE BEAK, 4-5 MM ACROSS, 10-ANGLED, GLABROUS, 5-LOCULED, LOCULES TRANSVERSELY SEPTATE.
SEEDS	GREENISH-BLACK, TRIANGULAR, OVATE, 2 MM LONG.