Dioecious or rarely monoecious shrub 0.5-3 m high. Bark smooth. Branchlets ascending, to 12 cm long; articles 3-11 mm long, 0.6-1.1 mm diam., angular to terete, often somewhat verruculose, often waxy, often pubescent in furrows; phyllichnia strongly angular with white central rib (often minutely serrate); teeth 5-8, erect, not overlapping, 0.3-0.6 mm long, not marcescent. Male spikes often moniliform, 1-4 cm long, 6-8 whorls per cm; bracteoles persistent; anther 0.5-1.0 mm long. Cones cylindrical, often with short sterile apex to 5 mm long, sessile or on peduncle to 16 mm long; cone body 14-30 (rarely to 35) mm long, 9-18 mm diam.; bracteoles not protruding far from cone body, obtuse to truncate, thick pyramidal protuberance shorter than bracteole body. Samara 6-9 (rarely 5) mm long, black.
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