Dioecious or monoecious shrub, dense, erect, 1-3 m high. Branchlets ascending, to 23 cm long; articles smooth, often pubescent in furrows, 5-18 mm long, 0.5-1.1 mm diam.; phyllichnia flat or slightly rounded, not ridged; teeth 8-10, erect or rarely slightly spreading, 0.3-1 (rarely to 1.6) mm long, marcescent. Male spikes 1-3.5 cm long, 7-11 whorls per cm; anther 0.6-0.8 mm long. Cones long-cylindrical, shortly white-pubescent at least between bracts and bracteoles with some longer ferruginous hairs; peduncle 4-15 mm long; cone body 20-45 mm long, 13-21 mm diam.; bracts often inconspicuous; bracteoles with obtuse to acute apex, protuberance completely fused to bracteole body except apex of protuberance which is marked by a curved or straight line or indentation (rarely a tiny mucro) across bracteole body. Samara 5-10.5 mm long, black.
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