HABIT	AN ERECT OR PROSTRATE AND ASCENDING, BUSHY, RATHER STOUT, HERBACEOUS ANNUAL, UP TO 90 CM HIGH.
STEMS	USUALLY BRANCHED FROM THE BASE, BRANCHES ASCENDING; GLABROUS TO SPARSELY FARINOSE. STEMS OCCASIONALLY RED-STRIPED.
LEAVES	ALTERNATE ALONG THE STEMS, DARK GREEN; 1-10 CM LONG, 1-5.5 CM WIDE, DELTOID TO RHOMBIC-OVATE, APEX ACUTE OR OBTUSE, BASE CUNEATE TO TRUNCATE OR SUBCORDATE, MARGINS COARSELY AND IRREGULARLY SINUATE-DENTATE OR LACINIATE.
FLOWERS	FLOWERS IN SMALL GLOMERULES, IN LAX OR DENSE AXILLARY AND TERMINAL, SHORT, CYMOSE PANICLES, SOME ARISING FROM THE LOWER LEAF AXILS. FLOWER CLUSTERS COVERED WITH A MEALY SUBSTANCE.
FRUITS	UTRICLE WITH MEMBRANOUS PERICARP; PERICARP ADHERENT TO SEED.
SEEDS	HORIZONTAL, TINY, ABOUT 1.5 MM IN DIAMETER, LENS SHAPED/ DISK-SHAPED, MARGINS ACUTE WITH CONSPICUOUS THIN RIM, DULL BLACK, SURFACE FINELY, SHALLOWLY PUNCTULATE.