Annual herb, 0.05-0.15 m high, slender to filiform; base simple or branched. Leaves 3-12 x 2-10 mm, ovate-elliptic to cordate. Flowers in lax, few-flowered cymes or corymbs, bracteate. Calyx: segments 5, free or joined for up to 0.5 mm, keel wing present. Corolla yellow; tube 2.5-5.5 mm long. Stamens inserted in corolla sinuses; anthers with or without apical glands. Style with medium to large swelling near base or below middle; stigma clavate, 2 tongue-shaped lobes. Fruit a capsule.
Annual to 15 cm. Leaves ovate. Flowers 5-lobed, yellow, calyx lobes winged, stamens inserted in sinuses, style swelling below middle.