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Herbs, perennial. Stems prostrate [or ascending], much-branched, indumentum of simple hairs. Leaves opposite, petiolate; blade linear to lanceolate, spatulate, or ovate, margins entire; basal leaves withering. Inflorescences axillary, sessile, few-flowered glomerules; bracts and bracteoles membranous. Flowers bisexual; tepals 5, connate proximally ± ¹/2 its length, 1-veined; stamens 5; filaments connate basally into tube, tube adnate to calyx distally; anthers 2-locular; pseudostaminodes absent; ovule 1; style 1, ca. 0.2 mm; stigmas 2-lobed, capitate. Utricles broadly ovoid, membranous, indehiscent. Seeds 1, red-brown, lenticular-orbicular.