Subshrubs, 4–5 dm. Stems decumbent, trailing, or erect, green to gray-green, apex flexuous. Leaves: petiole 3–10(–15) mm; blade ovate to triangular-ovate, 0.9–2(–3) × 0.5–1.5(–2) cm, base deeply cordate, margins serrate, apex acute. Inflorescences terminal (often appearing leaf-opposed), glands stipitate, prominent throughout, staminate flowers 10–30 per raceme; staminate bracts 0.8–1 mm. Pedicels: staminate 2.2–2.4 mm, persistent base 1.8–2 mm; pistillate 7–11 mm in fruit. Staminate flowers: sepals 3–4, green, 0.9–1.1 mm; stamens 2–3, filaments 0.2–0.3 mm. Pistillate flowers: sepals ovate, 1.5 mm; styles connate 1/3–1/2 length; stigmas undulate to subpapillate. Capsules 5 mm wide. Seeds mottled brown-purple, 2.5–3 mm.
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