Green major axis, which is densely covered with tiny, translucent white, eglandular trichomes, along with a few, scattered longer translucent white glands; petioles free of all long retentive glands and very densely covered with tiny, translucent white, eglandular trichomes with a few, scattered, longer translucent white glands; T-shaped eglandular appendages with translucent white stems and translucent, pale yellow, upper horizontal segments positioned mostly on the adaxial surface of the petiole; bowling-pin-like appendages with papillose bulbous apices, positioned in the leaf axils; cerise flowers; stamens having cerise to blood red, deltoid-shaped filaments. Grows in sandy soils on the shores and margins of seasonally flooded soaks, and depressions of flood plains. Carrying over to the next growing season as seed only.