HABIT	A PROSTRATE OR ASCENDING, ANNUAL HERB,15-45 CM LONG.
STEMS	MUCH BRANCHED, STELLATELY HAIRY, USUALLY WITH A LONG, STOUT TAPROOT, SPREADING AND FORMING A LOOSE MAT.
LEAVES	OPPOSITE OR FALSELY WHORLED, BROADLY OBOVATE OR SUBORBICULAR, 1-2.5 CM LONG AND 0.8-1.5 CM WIDE, VILLOUS ON BOTH SURFACES, APEX APICULATE, NARROWED AT THE BASE, MARGINS FINELY CRENULATE DENTICULATE.
FLOWERS	PINKISK OR GREENISH, IN AXILLARY FASCICLES, 1-6 TOGETHER.
FRUITS	CAPSULE OVOID, SHORTER THAN SEPALS, 5-VALVED.
SEEDS	MINUTE, BLACK, GLOSSY, OVOVOID, WITH RAISED TUBERCULAR POINTS AND A DISTINICT WHITE SCALE AT THE HILUM, EXTENDED INTO A LONG FILIFORM STRUCTURE, CURVING AROUND THE SEED.