HABIT	A PROCUMBENT OR SPREADING HERB.
STEMS	ANGULAR, RIBBED, THICKENED ABOVE THE NODE, MORE OR LESS DENSELY HAIRY.
LEAVES	SUB-SESSILE, 2-4 CM LONG; LOWER LEAVES OBLONGOBOVATE OR LYRATE, UPPER ONES SINUATELY PINNATIFID, ENTIRE OR TOOTHED WITH MUCRONATE LOBES, SPARSELY PUBESCENT.
FLOWERS	HEADS 1.2-2.2 CM LONG, OVOID, AXILLARY AND TERMINAL, PURPLISH.
FRUITS	ACHENES 4-5 CM LONG, ACUTELY ANGLED, PITTED IN THE GROOVES; DULL BROWN. PAPPUS HAIRS MANY, 5-16 MM LONG, UNEQUAL, SHINING BROWN.