Dioecious spreading shrub 0.2-2 m high. Bark smooth. Branchlets ascending or spreading, to 12 cm long; articles 3-9 mm long, 0.4-1 mm diam., smooth, glabrous, usually with a waxy bloom; phyllichnia flat or slightly rounded, with faint median groove or line; teeth 5-7, erect, overlapping, 0.3-0.5 mm long, only marcescent at apex. Male spikes 0.3-2 cm long, 8-11 whorls per cm; bracteoles persistent; anther 0.6-1 mm long. Cones subglobose or shortly cylindrical, occasionally as broad as long, sessile; cone body 10-15 mm long, 8-11 (rarely to 13) mm diam.; bracteoles broadly acute to obtuse, pyramidal protuberance shorter than bracteole body. Samara 4.5-5.0 mm long, very dark brown to black.
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