Annual. Stem 8-80 cm, branched or unbranched, quadrangular, winged or not. Leaves 2-7 x 0.4-3 cm, linear to narrowly ovate, acute or obtuse, 1-3(-5)-nerved. Inflorescence paniculate. Calx lobes 2-15 x 1-3 mm, narrowly ovate to oblong-ovate, acute, ± free. Corolla bluish white to greenish with green or light purple veins or dots, tube 0.5-1 mm, lobes 5-10 x 2-4 mm, ovate to oblong, acute or obtuse. Gland watch-pocket shaped, with short compound fimbriae. Filament 5-7 mm, anthers oblong, obtuse. Ovary 6-7 mm, style stout, short, stigma sub-orbicular. Capsule 6-9 mm. Seeds polyhedral, warted. 2n = 26.

Fl. and Fr. Per.: Jun. - Nov.

Type: Nepal, Narainhetty, 13 Sep. 1802, Hamilton, (holo. K!, iso. BM!, LINN!).

A-7 Gilgit, Naltar village, 3.9.1990, Jehandar Shah 2551 (ICP), Naltar to Nomal, 24.7.1954, R.R. Stewart 26512 (RAW), B-7 Kashmir: 2 km from Palandri on way to Trarkhel 17.9.1987, Tahir Ali, M. Qaiser & M. Ajmal Khan, 243 (KUH), 25 km from Kotli on way to Palandri, common in shady places, + 4500 ft.. 16.9.1987, ibid. 221 (KUH), Kohala hills, below Murree, 16.9.1931, R.R. Stewart 12386a (RAW), Chenari, Jhelum valley Road, 15.9.1931, R.R. Stewart 12930 (RAW), Dara Sher Khan, Poonch, Aug., 27, 1986, Abdul Rashid (KUH), Kala Maula, Poonch 20.8.56, Jan Mohd, 94 (KUH, RAW), Bangram, Poonch near Bagh, 16.9.52, Rashid Khan s.n. (RAW), C-7 Rawalpindi, Karor, 19.10.1967, Y. Nasir & Z. Ali 7875 (RAW), ibid, 29.8.1986, Y. Nasir & Hanif 11989 (RAW), Punjar Rest House, 15.9.1986, Y. Nasir, R. Akhter & Hanif 12189 (RAW).

Distribution: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, China.