HABIT	ANNUAL HERB UP TO 40 CM TALL.
STEMS	SLENDER, ERECT OR DIFFUSE.
LEAVES	VERY VARIABLE; THE LOWER PETIOLED, LYRATE OR ABOVATE, TOOTHED OR ENTIRE; THE UPPER (CAULINE LEAVES) MORE OR LESS EMPLEXICAUL AND AURICLED, USUALLY ACUTE.
FLOWERS	PINK OR PURPLISH, BORNE IN SOLITARY OR CORYMBOSE HEADS UP TO 1.3 CM LONG; PEDUNCLES VERY SLENDER, NODDING WHEN YOUNG.
FRUITS	ACHENES 0.3 CM LONG, NARROWLY OBLONG, 5-RIBBED, BROWN, SCABRID ON THE RIBS, ATTACHMENT TO A WHITE, SOFT PAPPUS.