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Herbs annual. Roots fibrous. Stems prostrate or erect, pubescent with long many-celled hairs. Petiole 1-1.5 cm; leaf blade ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 × 1-1.5 cm, pubescent along veins, base cuneate, often oblique, margin entire, sinuate, or with a few coarse teeth, apex acuminate. Pedicel ca. 5 mm, pubescent. Calyx campanulate, 2.5-3 mm, pubescent; lobes deltate, short acuminate, densely ciliate. Corolla yellow, ca. 5 mm. Anthers light yellow, 1-1.5 mm. Fruiting pedicel less than 1 cm, pendulous. Fruiting calyx green, subglobose or ovoid, 1-1.5(-2) cm. Berry globose, ca. 6 mm in diam. Fl. summer, fr. autumn.
An erect or spreading branched herb. It is an annual plant. The roots are fibrous. The leaves are alternate and entire and covered with soft downy hairs. They have irregular teeth along the edge. They are 2-3 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide. They are pale green. The stems are round or nearly so. The flowers are yellow with the inner ring of petals bell shaped. These are sometimes purple at the base inside. The fruit is a round berry about 6 mm across. It is completely surrounded by an inflated calyx. This is 5 angled.
