An annual herb spreading from a dense rosette with a thick taproot. This herb spreads horizontally with the ends growing upward., Leaves dull green, pear shaped, tip broadly rounded, base as-if-cut-off to heart shaped, margins with finely shallow rounded teeth., Flowers are not very noticeable and have no stalk. They are in auxillary clusters, that is, forming where the leaf meets the stem., Fruits (burrs) are in clusters with 3 hardened spines, are triangular in cross section with the angles somewhat rounded and are brown in colour.