Stems erect, much-branched, 4-10 dm, farinose. Leaves non-aromatic; petiole 0.4-1.5 cm; blade rhombic-ovate to narrowly rhombic-ovate or narrowly ovate, 1.2-3.4 × 0.4-1.4 cm, thick, base cuneate, margins usually with pair of basal, upwardly pointing lobes, apex broadly acute to mucro, densely farinose abaxially. Inflorescences glomerules in terminal and axillary panicles; glomerules maturing irregularly; bracts leaflike or linear, 2 × 0.1 mm. Flowers: perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base; lobes ovate, 0.6-1 mm, apex rounded, slightly keeled abaxially, densely farinose, covering fruit at maturity; stamens 5; stigmas 2, 0.3-0.5 mm. Utricles ovoid; pericarp nonadherent, smooth. Seeds oblong-ovoid, 1-1.2 mm, margins acute; seed coat black, fine-rugulate.
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