E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems erect, simple or freely branched, 0.2-1.2 m tall, nearly glabrous.

Leaves:
Lower leaves opposite, upper leaves alternate, stalked or stalkless, lanceolate to egg-shaped or nearly diamond-shaped, 2-5 cm long, generally slightly toothed, often blunt to rounded at the base, whitish-grey, covered with a copiously and permanently greyish-mealy substance, especially on the lower leaf surfaces, upper surfaces greenish, fleshy.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of terminal or axillary spikes or panicles; pistillate bracteoles lance-shaped to orbicular, strongly flattened, pointed at the tip, margins slightly toothed, the backs sharply pimply.

Fruits:
Membranous bladders enclosed by 2 lance-shaped bracts; seeds 2 mm long.