Plant: Prostrate annual forb branching from central point; herbage with milky sap Leaves: leaves opposite, inequilateral at base, margins minutely serrate Flowers: flowers monoecious borne in cyathia; petaloid appendages cream-pinkish, conspicuous, the 2 proximal ones greatly prolonged; ovary and capsule bearing hairs, ~2mm long; seeds with 5-6 deep, transverse grooves.