 It can be straight or decumbent, branched, and covered with fine soft hairs or none at all, "M. sylvestris" is pleasing in appearance when it first starts to flower, but as the summer advances, "the leaves lose their deep green color and the stems assume a ragged appearance".The leaves are borne upon the stem, are roundish, with numerous lobes, each long, and in diameter.The leaves have hairs radiating from a common center, with prominent veins on the underside.