Slender glab. to glabrate, eglandular, lax herb; stems slender, up to 6 dm. long, prostrate and rooting in basal part, then ascending, sparingly branched. Lvs on short petioles; lamina membr., pungent-tasting, 5-10-(15) × 1-3-(4) cm., lanceolate, acuminate, minutely serrulate; ochreae delicate, ± 1·5 cm. long, sparsely hairy, mouth obliquely truncate, ciliate; cilia (1)-2-(5) mm. long. Infl. of simple spikes (2)-3-5 cm. long on slender peduncles up to 10 mm. long. Fls ± 2 mm. diam., 2-3 per cluster; bracts narrow, truncate, ciliate. Tepals us. 5, oblong, glab., reddish to whitish; stamens us. 5, styles 2-branched. Fr. lenticular to subplano-convex, margined, ± 2 mm. long, including style base; dark blackish brown, ± glossy.