Dioecious or monoecious shrub, 1-2 m high. Bark smooth. Branchlets spreading to ascending, to 17 cm long; articles 10-20 mm long, 1.2-2 mm diam., smooth, with densely pubescent furrows; phyllichnia strongly rounded; teeth 7-10, slender, spreading to slightly recurved, usually not overlapping, 1.1-3 mm long, not marcescent. Male spikes rarely moniliform, c. 2 cm long, 3.5-4 whorls per cm; bracteoles persistent; anther 0.8-1 mm long. Cones long-cylindrical, sessile or on peduncle to 3 mm long; cone body 15-34 mm long, 12-15 mm diam.; bracteoles obtuse to truncate, pyramidal protuberance slightly shorter than bracteole body. Samara 5-8 mm long, black.
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