Annual. Stems spreading on the ground, 2–6 in. long, laxly branched, thinly sprinkled all round with very spreading straight hairs. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, 1 1/2–3 1/2 lin. long, 2/3–1 1/2 lin. broad, oblong, obtusely rounded at the apex, very unequal at the base, entire or obscurely toothed at the apex, glabrous on both sides or with a few hairs beneath at the base. Stipules all free, those on the upper side of the stem subulate, those on the under side broader and cut into 2–3 segments. Inflorescence as in E. prostrata. Peduncle at first almost obsolete, finally lengthening to 1/4 or 1/3 lin. long, glabrous. Involucre 1/3 lin. long, rather longer than broad, campanulate, glabrous, uniformly reddish, without paler stripes, with 4 glands and 5 lobes; glands minute, narrowly half surrounded with an inconspicuous or subobsolete appendage; lobes subulate, entire, not ciliate. Capsule 2/3 lin. in diam., with pubescent angles, nearly glabrous on the sides. Seeds 1/2 lin. long, oblong, 4-angled, minutely tuberculate, whitish.
