The lance-shaped or pointed oval leaves are 10 to 20 centimeters long and borne on petioles.
The leaves have large stipules which form reddish ochrea up to 3 centimetres (1.2 inches) long.
The inflorescence is a long array of branching cluster of many white or greenish flowers.
Each flower is about 4 millimetres (0.16 inches) wide and has tiny protruding stamens tipped with yellow or pink anthers.
[2] Koenigia phytolaccifolia is native to the western United States: California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, and Montana.