Herbs, annual, rather low, sprawling, mainly 1.5-3 dm and as broad or broader. Stems terete or angled. Leaves: petiole mainly 1-3 cm, gradually shortened distally; blade rhombic to deltoid or ovate, 10-25 mm and as broad or broader, base broadly to narrowly cuneate, apex acute to rounded. Staminate flowers in small sessile glomerules axillary in distalmost bracteate leaves. Fruiting bracteoles dimorphic, those on stipes (2-)4-15 mm or longer, with surfaces covered with flattened processes, sessile one cuneate as in type variety.
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