HABIT	AN ERECT TO SPREADING, ANNUAL OF PERENNIAL HERB, UP TO 1 M TALL.
STEMS	SHARPLY 4-6-ANGLED, HAIRY.
LEAVES	OVATE-ELLIPTIC TO LANCEOLATE, 4-6 X 1.5-4 CM, DENSELY LINEOLATE, MORE OR LESS PUBESCENT ESPECIALLY ON NERVES BENEATH, BASALLY ROUNDED TO ACUTE, ACUTE TO ACUMINATE AT THE APEX.
FLOWERS	PEDICELLATE, PINK OR PURPLE, IN A TERMINAL OR AXILLARY LAX PANICLE OF CYMES.
FRUITS	CAPSULE ELLIPSOID, 1-1.2 CM LONG, BASALLY SOLID AND HAIRY, ACUMINATE.
SEEDS	ORBICULAR, 2.5 MM ACROSS, MINUTELY PAPILLATE.