HABIT	AN ERECT ANNUAL HERB, UP TO 1M HIGH.
STEMS	USUALLY UNBRANCHED, FINELY HAIRY.
LEAVES	OPPOSITE, OVATE TO OVATE-LANCEOLATE, MARGINS COARSELY SERRATE-CRENATE.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE OF SEVERAL SPACED, MANYFLOWERED VERTICILS WITH LONG THISTLE-LIKE CALYX TEETH. FLOWERS SMALL, WHITE.
FRUITS	NUTLETS DARK BROWN, OBLONG-OVOID, 1.5 MM LONG, SHINY.