Annual semi-succulent herb, branching from the base, 0.15-0.3 m tall; stems ascending, minutely puberulous. Leaves softly fleshy, drying membranous, long petiolate; blade broadly ovate to subrotund, 15-30 x 12-25 mm, glabrous to puberulous, apex obtuse to rounded, base truncate or abruptly cuneate, margin subentire or obscurely toothed. Inflorescence usually with many slender branches; flowers sub-sessile, widely spaced; bracts broadly elliptic or obovate-elliptic, acute to acuminate, 2-2.25 x 0.75-1.25 mm, not overlapping except in the bud stage. Calyx 1 mm long at flowering, elongating to 3 mm, curved at the apex. Corolla whitish to violet or pinkish, 3-5 mm long.
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