Herbs biennial, pubescent with dendritic trichomes. Stems 4-8 dm, erect, branched above, pubescent with coarse dendritic trichomes. Basal leaves petiolate, broadly oblong, 10-20 ´ 4-6 cm, sinuate to coarsly dentate; middle cauline leaves sessile, auriculate, 3-6 ´ 0.5-2 cm, pubescent with dendritic trichomes, coarsely dentate. Racemes elongated considerably in fruit; fruiting pedicels horizontal to recurved or divaricate, pubescent, 3-8 mm. Sepals oblong, pubescent, ca. 2 mm; petals white, spatulate, 3-3.5 ´ ca. 1 mm; ovules 40-60(-84) per ovary. Fruits oblong to oblong-linear, 0.7-1.2 cm ´ 1-1.5 mm, horizontal to slightly divaricate; valves glabrous outside, sparsely pubescent inside; style ca. 1 mm. Seeds oblong, biseriate, 0.6-0.8 mm.
Flowering: Aug-Nov.
Habitat: shade of busches and cacti.