Dioecious shrub 0.5-4 m high. Bark smooth. Branchlets ascending, to 33 cm long; articles 10-25 mm long, 0.7-1.5 mm diam., smooth, usually glabrous; phyllichnia angular to sometimes rounded, with median ridge; teeth 7-10, spreading or recurved to erect, overlapping at least slightly when young, 0.4-1.3 mm long, usually marcescent. Male spikes occasionally moniliform, 1-7 cm long, rarely to 9 cm, 4-6.5 whorls per cm; bracteoles persistent; anther 0.7-1.2 mm long. Cones cylindrical to ovoid, pubescent; peduncle 2-9 mm long; cone body 8-27 mm long, 7-14 mm diam.; bracteoles truncate to obtuse, pyramidal protuberance shorter than bracteole body. Samara 3-7.5 mm long, mid to dark brown.
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