This low-growing annual seldom reaches a height of over ten inches. Soft velvet-like hairs give the entire plant a gray-white appearance. Cudweed branches at its base. Leaves are long, narrow and have a blunt tip on the lower part of the plant. Leaves at the upper part of the plant are short, narrow and stemless. Flowers are tannish-white and appear in clusters at the base of the upper leaves. Cudweed germinates in cool, moist weather, but disappears with the heat of summer.