Japan Flora: Glabrous annual; stems decumbent to ascending, rather fleshy, much-branched, 15-30 cm. long; leaves oblong-ovate, sometimes broadly lanceolate, 2-4 cm. long, 5-15 mm. wide, obtuse, acuminate at base, slightly fleshy, deep green above, whitish mealy beneath, with few ckeply undulate teeth, the petioles 5-20 mm. long; inflorescence spicate, axillary and terminal, short, rather densely flowered; sepals 2-3 or 5, about 0.5 mm. long, membranous, obtuse, with a slender green rib on back; utricles horizontal and vertical, the seeds smooth, dark brown, shining, flat, about 0.8 mm. across, obtuse on margin. June-Sept. Chiefly in waste ground along seashores;

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku. Eurasia.