Herbs annual, (10-)15-40 cm tall. Stems branched basally and above. Basal leaves not rosulate; petiole 1-3 cm; leaf blade often oblong, 2.5-4.5 × 0.8-3 cm, margin sinuate-dentate to dentate. Middle cauline leaves sessile, amplexicaul, cordate-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, (0.8-)1.3-4.5(-5.5) cm × 2-15(-17) mm, widest at base, margin entire. Fruiting pedicels slender, 0.5-1.5 cm, reflexed, forming with fruit a distinct angle 30-120 degrees, articulate at base. Sepals oblong, 2.5-4 × ca. 1 mm, densely pubescent with crisped trichomes, base of lateral pair slightly saccate. Petals pale purplish or pink, spatulate, 5-8 × ca. 1.5 mm. Filaments 3-4 mm; anthers ovate, 0.4-0.6 mm. Fruit narrowly oblong, 0.8-1.3 cm × 3-4 mm, pointed upward, 4-angled, rugose, constricted at middle when more than 1-seeded, base subrounded, beaklike apex (1-)1.5-2(-2.5) mm. Seeds yellow-brown, oblong, 1.6-2.4 × 0.9-1.3 mm. Fl. Apr-Jun.
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