Herbs, annual, to 15 cm. Stems decumbent or prostrate, softly hispid. Leaves opposite; stipules divided into 2 or 3 linear lobes; petiole almost absent; leaf blade elliptic, both surfaces softly pilose, base obliquely rounded, margin sharply serrulate, apex obtuse. Cyathia single or on short leafy shoots; involucre turbinate, glabrous; glands 4, purplish, transversely ovate, appendages white or pink, obtusely 2-or 3-lobed, as wide as gland. Style arms shortly 2-lobed. Capsule lobes sharply keeled, sparsely pilose.
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