HABIT	A PERENNIAL HERB WITH STEMS PROSTRATE, RARELY RISING.
STEMS	ABOUT 10-50 CM LONG, HAIRY SOMETIMES ROOTING AT THE NODES.
LEAVES	OVATE TO OBOVATE, 0.5-4.5 CM LONG, 0.3-2 CM BROAD, SMOOTH TO SPARSELY HAIRY.
FLOWERS	FLOWERS ARISE IN STALKLESS, SPARSELY VELVETY SPIKES WITH SPINY BRACTS AND BRACTEOLES.
FRUITS	1.2-1.5 MM LONG, ENCLOSED BY THE SEPALS.
SEEDS	DISCOID, 1 MM ACROSS, BROWN.