suffruticose at base, diffusely branched or decumbent, leafy; leaves alternate, obovato-spathulate, subacute, tapering much at base, sparingly denticulate, thin, glanduloso-scaberulous; pedunc. short, terminal; disc-fl. all abortive; achenes of ray trigonous, slightly curved, hispidulous, the sides wrinkled, base acute, apex 3-tubercled. Stems 2–4 ft. long, weak, trailing on the ground, almost herbaceous, save near the base, branching, laxly leafy. Leaves 2–3 inches long, tapering into almost a petiole at base, 3/4–1 inch wide near the apex, of much thinner substance than in most species. Pedunc. 2–3 inches long. Rays white, reddish or purplish beneath. Disc-fl. glabrous.
