Descriptions : Herb Ascendent herb; leaves opposite, narrowly elliptic or obovate; apex obtuse, slightly apiculate; base attenuate; margin very slightly serrate or crenulate; inflorescence a dense, axillary, sessile spike; flower sessile; enlarged receptacle at base of flower; tepals 5, whitish, papery, ±
equal, approximately 2 mm long; stamens 3, filaments connate into basal ring; pseudostaminodes approximately equal in size to filaments; ovary flattened, widely obovate; style flattened, stigma small; young fruit flattened, obcordiform, with one seed, perianth persistent.
