Plant: Annual or biennial; stem erect, 1.2-6 dm, glabrous

Leaves: cauline, generally alternate, 1.5-3.5 cm, petioled to sessile; blade obovate to spoon-shaped, glabrous, tip obtuse to abruptly pointed, margin entire, leaf base symmetrical

INFLORESCENCE: involucre 2 mm, bell-shaped, glabrous; gland 1-2 mm, crescent-shaped, 2-horned

Flowers: Staminate flowers 11-18, generally in 5 clusters around pistillate flower; Pistillate flower: 1, central, stalked; ovary chambers 3, ovule 1 per chamber, styles 3, divided < 1/2 length

Fruit: capsule, 3-3.5 mm, oblong, lobed, glabrous; Seed 2-2.5 mm, oblong-ovoid, round; surface net-like to almost smooth

Misc: Dry places; < 1600 m.