Dioecious or rarely monoecious shrub 1-3 m high. Bark smooth. Branchlets ascending, to 19 cm long; articles terete, 5-12 mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm diam., mostly glabrous in furrows; phyllichnia rounded to angular; teeth 6-8, erect or slightly spreading, rarely overlapping at base, 0.3-0.8 mm long, not marcescent. Male spikes occasionally moniliform, 1-4.5 cm long, 5-7 whorls per cm; bracteoles persistent; anther 0.6-1 mm long. Cones cylindrical, sessile or on peduncle to 12 mm long; cone body 14-27 (rarely to 45) mm long, 8-15 mm diam.; bracteoles obtuse to broadly acute, pyramidal protuberance slightly shorter than bracteole body. Samara 5-8 mm long, very dark red-brown to black.
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