HABIT	AN ANNUAL HERB, 8-30 CM HIGH.
STEMS	UNBRANCHED TO MANY BRANCHED, CREEPING, ULTIMATE BRANCHES ASCENDING.
LEAVES	SPIRALLY ARRANGED; LEAF SHEATHS WITH LONG SHAGGY HAIRS. LEAVES OBLONG-LANCEOLATE, ACUTE.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE TERMINAL OR TERMINAL AND AXILLARY; CYME FEW-FLOWERED, SOLITARY OR FASCICLED, LONGPEDUNCULATE; FLOWERS PINKISH PURPLE OR VIOLET, 3-6 MM.
FRUITS	CAPSULES GLOBOSE, 2.5–5 MM.
SEEDS	DEEPLY PITTED, 1.3–1.8 MM.