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

General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems erect, solitary, much branched, 10-50 cm tall.

Leaves:
Stem leaves usually triangular with arrowhead-like lobes, entire except sometimes with a few teeth at the base, greenish on upper surfaces, usually greyish-mealy below, stalked, 1-4 cm long, rounded to pointed.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of dense clusters in large terminal and smaller lateral spikes, densely mealy, without stalks.

Fruits:
Thin, membranous envelopes, 1 mm wide; seeds obtusely margined, slightly roughened.