Dioecious or monoecious shrub 0.5-2 m high. Bark smooth. Branchlets ascending, to 10 cm long; articles 4-10 mm long, 0.3-0.8 mm diam., smooth, usually glabrous in furrows; phyllichnia rounded to nearly flat; teeth 5-7, erect and appressed to occasionally spreading, slightly overlapping, 0.3-0.8 mm long, occasionally marcescent. Male spikes rarely moniliform, 0.5-1.5 cm long, 9-11 whorls per cm; bracteoles persistent; anther 0.5-0.8 mm long. Cones cylindrical, sessile or on peduncle to 5 mm long; cone body 9-16 mm long, 7-13 mm diam.; bracteoles obtuse to acute, pyramidal protuberance usually slightly shorter than bracteole body. Samara 4-6 mm long, very dark red-brown to black.
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