Eclipta is a prostrate or erect summer annual that can root at the nodes. It has a shallow taproot with a fibrous root system. Leaves are opposite, elliptic to lanceolate, either without petioles or with a short petiole. Leaf margins have widely spaced teeth. Stems initially green, becoming reddish brown, freely branched. Flowers are white, and occur alone or in clusters of 2 to 3 on small stalks at the end of stems or in leaf axils.
