HABIT	PERENNIAL HERB, 20-50 CM TALL.
STEMS	ERECT OR CREEPING, MUCH BRANCHED, APICAL PART QUADRANGULAR, BASAL PART CYLINDRIC, HAIRY AT APEX AND NODES.
LEAVES	GREEN OR RED, OR TINGED RED OR YELLOW, OBLONG, OBLONG-OVATE, OR SPATULATE, HAIRY WHEN YOUNG, GLABRESCENT, BASE ACUMINATE, MARGIN UNDULATE, APEX ACUTE OR OBTUSE, WITH A MUCRO.
FLOWERS	HEADS 2-5, TERMINAL OR AXILLARY, 5-10 MM, SESSILE.
FRUITS	INFRUCTESCENCE VERY MUCH LIKE THE INFLORESCENCE, I.E. CONSISTING OF TIGHTLY PACKED BRACTS INTERSPERSED WITH PALE HAIRS. INDIVIDUAL FRUITS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 1 MM LONG, ENCLOSED IN THE PERSISTENT PERIANTH SEGMENTS AND BRACTS.
SEEDS	DISCOID, ABOUT 1 MM DIAMETER, TESTA BROWN.