Herbs annual. Roots large. Stems erect, 30-80 cm tall, grooved, glabrous; branches spreading. Lower leaves: petiole 3-5 cm; leaf blade oblong or lanceolate-oblong, 8-20 × 2-5 cm, both surfaces glabrous, base cuneate, margin undulate, apex acute; cauline leaves shortly petiolate, narrowly lanceolate, smaller than basal ones; ocrea fugacious, membranous. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, racemose, several racemes aggregated and large panicle-like. Flowers bisexual. Pedicel slender, articulate near base. Outer tepals lanceolate, small; inner tepals enlarged in fruit; valves narrowly trigonous-ovate, 3-4 × 1.5-2 mm, all valves with tubercles, base truncate, margin with 1 pair of narrow teeth, apex narrowly acute; teeth 3-4 mm, straight. Achenes yellow-brown, shiny, ellipsoid, sharply trigonous, 1.5-2 mm, base narrow, apex acute. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jun-Jul.
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A herb. It re-grows each year. The roots are large. It grows 30-80 cm tall. It has smooth spreading branches. The lower leaves have stalks 3-5 cm long. The leaf blade is oblong to sword shaped and 8-20 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped and the edges are wavy. The leaves on the stem have short stalks and the leaf blade is narrowly sword shaped.
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