Annual, 30-60 cm tall; branches pubescent, hairs silky. Leaf simple, c. 4.6-15 cm long, linear to lanceolate, acute, glabrous above, thinly silky below; stipules minute. Inflorescence a raceme, up to 25 cm long, 2-20-flowered, rarely flowers solitary. Bract and bracteoles long, setaceous. Calyx c. 10-13 mm long, pubescent, hairs brown, silky, teeth acute. Corolla white, not exserted. Fruit c. 1.5 cm long, glabrous, sessile, 10-15-seeded.

Fl.Per.: September

Type: Presently untraceable.

Distribution: Pakistan; India; Sikkim; Burma; China; Japan; Philippines.