HABIT	AN ERECT, SIMPLE OR SPARSELY BRANCHED, UNARMED ANNUAL HERB.
STEMS	UP TO 1.5 M TALL WITH A STRONG, PENETRATING AND UNPLEASANT ODOUR; STEMS GROOVED, DENSELY CLOTHED WITH GLANDULAR OR SIMPLE HAIRS.
LEAVES	LEAVES 3-5 FOLIATE, DENSELY GLANDULAR-PUBESCENT WHEN YOUNG, PETIOLES OF THE LOWER LEAVES 2.5-5 CM LONG, THOSE OF THE UPPER LEAVES 0.4-3.8 CM; LEAFLETS ELLIPTIC-OBLONG OR OBOVATE, 2-4.3 CM LONG AND 0.8- 2.5 CM WIDE, BASE CUNEATE TO ATTENUATE, APEX ACUTE OR OBTUSE.
FLOWERS	FLOWERS VARIOUS SHADES OF YELLOW OR WHITE TO PINKISH OR PURPLE, 1.3 CM LONG, BORNE IN THE AXILS OF REDUCED LEAF-LIKE BRACTS IN LAX CORYMBOSE RACEMES.
FRUITS	A SLENDER, ERECT, GLANDULAR PUBESCENT CYLINDRICAL CAPSULE, 5-12 CM LONG.
SEEDS	ABOUT 1 MM IN DIAMETER, GRANULAR, BLACK OR DARK BROWN.