Stems erect, simple (or branched), 1-1.5(-10) dm, sparsely farinose. Leaves nonaromatic; petiole 0.4-0.7 cm; blade ovate-lanceolate, 3-veined, (1-)1.4-2.4(-4) × (0.05-)0.5-1.1(-2) cm, base cuneate, margins entire or with 1-2 teeth below middle (several teeth), apex acute to acuminate, farinose. Inflorescences glomerules in terminal and lateral spikes, 2.5-5(-7) cm; glomerules ± spread out, maturing nearly the same time; bracts unknown. Flowers: perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base; lobes elliptic or narrowly ovate, 0.7-1 × 0.5-0.7 mm, apex acute, keeled, farinose, covering fruit at maturity; stamens 5; stigmas 2, length unknown. Achenes or occasionally utricles ovoid; pericarp adherent, occasionally nonadherent, smooth. Seeds round, (1.1-)1.2(-1.4) mm diam., margins rounded; seed coat black, finely rugulate. 2n = 18.
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