HABIT	AN ERECT, ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL UNDERSHRUB.
STEMS	30 CM TO 1 M TALL, STELLATE PUBESCENT .
LEAVES	LEAVES WITH FILIFORM, 2-5 MM LONG STIPULES; BLADE 0.5-4 CM LONG, 0.3-2.5 CM BROAD, LANCEOLATE TO OVATE, OBLONG OR SOMEWHAT ORBICULAR, ROUNDED AT BASE, ACUTE OR OBTUSE AT APEX, SERRATE, USUALLY CINEREOUS ON BOTH SURFACES.
FLOWERS	AXILLARY, SOLITARY OR 2-5 IN FASCICLES IN TERMINAL BRANCHES; WHITE.
FRUITS	DEPRESSED, GLOBOSE, PUBESCENT ABOVE; MERICARPS 5, MEMBRANOUS, 2-3 MM LONG, TRIGONOUS, RADIALLY STRIATELY NERVED, APICALLY WITH 2, 0.5-0.8 MM LONG, DIVERGENT AWNS
SEEDS	1.5 MM LONG, GLABROUS, BROWN TO BLACK.