Open annual herb 10–30 cm high, branching from base, monoecious. Leaves thin, ovate to sub-orbicular, obtuse, entire or sinuate, scaly tomentose, lamina 10–20 mm long, petiole 5–10 mm long. Flowers in axillary glomerules including those of basal leaves. Fruiting bracteoles sessile, flat, broadly deltoid, c. 4 mm high and wide, glossy, prominently nerved, deeply divided into 3–5 major narrow lanceolate lobes and smaller basal teeth, appendages basally attached, either flat or somewhat inflated and similar in shape to the bracteoles but somewhat smaller. Seed broadly elliptic, transversely positioned; radicle directed tangentially from the vertical.
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