HABIT	ANNUAL HERB, 0.5-1.3 M TALL.
STEMS	YOUNG STEMS PUBESCENT, PILOSE OR TOMENTELLOUS.
LEAVES	LEAF-LAMINA 2-12 × 1.5-10 CM, SUBORBICULAR TO OVATE IN OUTLINE, VARYING ON THE SAME INDIVIDUAL FROM NOT LOBED TO DEEPLY 3-5 PALMATILOBED OR INCISED, USUALLY PUBESCENT ON BOTH SURFACES WITH ADDITIONAL LONGER SIMPLE HAIRS ON THE VEINS AND 2-4-PRONGED HAIRS MAINLY ON THE LOWER SURFACE, LOBES SOMETIMES SECONDARILY PINNATELY LOBED OR INCISED, APEX ACUTE TO SUBCAUDATE, MARGIN BLUNTLY TOOTHED OR CRENATE OR IRREGULARLY LOBED, BASE SLIGHTLY TO DISTINCTLY CORDATE.
FLOWERS	12 CM IN DIAMETER, WHITE TO YELLOWISH, IN FEWFLOWERED TERMINAL RACEMES.
FRUITS	CAPSULE 10 × 7 MM, OBLONG-ELLIPSOID, PUBESCENT, WITH AWNS 1.5-2 MM LONG.
SEEDS	1.5-1.3 MM, IRREGULARLY PRISMATIC, MINUTELY VERRUCULOSE, OTHERWISE GLABROUS.