HABIT	ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL HERBS.
STEMS	ERECT OR DECUMBENT, AND THEN USUALLY ROOTING AT LOWER NODES, BRANCHED AT BASE, GLABROUS.
LEAVES	ELLIPTIC TO OBLANCEOLATE OR OBOVATE, 1-2.5 CM LONG, 0.6-0.8 CM WIDE, GLABROUS, MARGINS ENTIRE TO REMOTELY SERRATE, SESSILE.
FLOWERS	SOLITARY IN THE LEAF AXILS OR SOMETIMES APPEARING RACEMOSE BY REDUCTION OF UPPER LEAVES; PALE VIOLET OR VIOLET BLUE TO PALE BLUE OR WHITE.
FRUITS	CAPSULES CYLINDRICAL, 5-14 MM LONG.
SEEDS	OBLONG TO ELLIPSOID, 0.5 MM LONG, RETICULATE.