Stems erect, branched, 2–6 dm, glabrous. Leaves nonaromatic; petiole 0.5–2.5 cm; blade oblong-ovoid to lanceolate, 2–4.5 × 0.5–1.5 cm, base cuneate, margins entire or proximal ones with few teeth, apex acute to acuminate, sparsely farinose. Inflorescences glomerules in terminal and lateral spikes and panicles, 6–15 cm; glomerules irregularly globose, 0.5–2 mm diam., flowers in different stages of development; bracts absent. Flowers: perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base; lobes obovate, 0.5–0.7 × 0.5–0.7 mm, apex rounded, faintly keeled or not keeled, scarcely farinose, partly covering fruit at maturity; stamens 5; stigmas 2, 0.2 mm. Utricles depressed-ovoid; pericarp nonadherent, smooth. Seeds lenticular, margins round, 0.9–1.3 mm diam.; seed coat black, reticulate-alveolate to smooth. 2n = 18.
