Schiedea pubescens, a member of the Caryophyllaceae (carnation family), is a reclining or weakly climbing vine. Primary stems are 1 to 6 m (3.3 to 19.7 ft) long, green with a purple tinge or purple-spotted, glabrous proximally, puberulent (hairy) or glabrate in the inflorescence. Leaves opposite; blades 6 to 18.7 cm (2.4 to 7.4 in) long, 3 to 7.5 cm (1.2 to 3.0 in) wide, coriaceous, lanceolate to ovate or broadly ovate, usually inconspicuously falcate, purple-tinged or purple-spotted, especially along the midrib, with only the midvein evident; petioles 0.5 to 3.1 cm (0.2 to 1.2 in) long.