HABIT	A VERY VARIABLE, DIFFUSELY BRANCHED, PUBESCENT OR GLABROUS, PROSTRATE HERB.
STEMS	CREEPING, OFTEN PURPLISH, SWOLLEN AT THE NODES, UP TO 1.2 M LONG WITH A STOUT WOODY ROOT STOCK.
LEAVES	LONG-PETIOLED, OVATE OR OBLONG-CORDATE, ENTIRE OR SINUATE, USUALLY WHITISH AND SMOOTH BENEATH AND ROUGH GREEN ON UPPER SURFACE.
FLOWERS	FLOWERS RED, PINK OR WHITE, BORNE IN SMALL UMBELS ARRANGED IN AXILLARY AND TERMINAL PANICLES.
FRUITS	OVATE, OBLONG, 1.3 CM LONG, FIVE-RIBBED, PUBESCENT, VISCID, GLANDULAR.