Plant: Biennial; stem erect, 5-10 dm, glabrous Leaves: cauline, opposite, 5-15 cm, sessile; blade lanceolate to linear, glabrous, tip acute, margin entire INFLORESCENCE: involucre 2.5-4 mm, bell-shaped, glabrous; gland ± 2 mm, crescent-shaped, shortly 2-horned Flowers: Staminate flowers 15-40, 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, 8-15 mm, spheric, glabrous; Seed 4-5 mm, oblong, round; surface shallowly net-like, brown Misc: Waste areas; < 200 m.