HABIT	ERECT, ANNUAL HERB, UP TO 1.2 M TALL.
STEMS	FISTULAR, RIBBED, BRANCHED IN THE UPPER PART, GLABROUS OR THINLY HAIRY TOWARDS THE APEX, GREENISH OR PURPLISH IN APPEARANCE.
LEAVES	ALTERNATE BELOW, OPPOSITE ABOVE, BROADLY OVATE, ELLIPTIC, OBOVATE, OR PANDURIFORM, RARELY LINEAR, BLADES 4-12 CM LONG, 0.3-7 CM WIDE, GLABROUS OR PILOSE, MARGINS ENTIRE TO COARSELY SERRATE, APEX ACUTE, SHORT-ACUMINATE, OR SHORTCUSPIDATE, BASE ROUNDED TO CUNEATE.
FLOWERS	CYATHIA IN DENSE TERMINAL CYMES; INVOLUCRE 2- 2.5 MM HIGH, GLABROUS.
FRUITS	CAPSULES SUBGLOBOSE, 3-4 MM LONG, GLABROUS.
SEEDS	SEEDS DARK BROWNISH GRAY TO BLACK, SOMETIMES MOTTLED, TRUNCATE-OVOID, ANGLED, 2-2.5 MM LONG, COARSELY TUBERCULATE, ECARUNCULATE.