HABIT	AN ERECT OR SPREADING ANNUAL HERB.
STEMS	20-40 CM LONG, BRANCHED OR UNBRANCHED, PUBESCENT WITH SORT, CURLY HAIRS AND APPRESSED HAIRS, ALSO USUALLY VILLOUS ON THE ANGLES.
LEAVES	ELLIPTIC TO ELLIPTIC-LANCEOLATE, 2-6 CM LONG, 0.5- 1.5 CM WIDE, UPPER SURFACE SCABRID TO GLABRATE, LOWER SURFACE GLABROUS EXCEPT PUBERULENT ALONG VEINS AND USUALLY SCABRID NEAR MARGINS, APEX ACUTE, BASE CUNEATE, SUBSESSILE
FLOWERS	SESSILE OR NEARLY SO, IN DENSE AXILLARY CLUSTERS, WHITE, 2-3 MM LONG.
FRUITS	CAPSULES SUBGLOBOSE, 1 MM LONG.
SEEDS	PALE YELLOWISH BROWN, ELLIPSOID-RECTANGULAR, COMPRESSED, 0.8-0.9 MM LONG, THE DORSAL FACE RESEMBLING A RECTANGLE WITH A SQUARE PORTION REMOVED FROM EACH CORNER, VENTRALLY SEPARATED INTO 4 DISCRETE AREAS BY 4 IMPRESSED LINES ARISING AT THE HILUM.