Monoecious or more rarely dioecious shrub 0.2-3 m high. Bark smooth. Branchlets ascending, to 20 cm long; articles 7-14 mm long, 0.7-1.1 mm diam., smooth, glabrous; phyllichnia rounded, occasionally only slightly so; teeth 5-7, suberect to spreading, occasionally slightly overlapping when young, often marcescent at apex, 0.6-1 mm long. Male spikes rarely moniliform, 0.5-4.5 cm long, 5-9 whorls per cm; bracteoles persistent; anther 0.8-1.2 mm long. Cones cylindrical, often irregular, sparsely pubescent, sessile or on peduncle to 3 mm long; cone body 12-20 mm long, 7-12 mm diam.; bracteoles broadly acute to obtuse, pyramidal protuberance shorter than bracteole body, acute or obtuse with mucro. Samara 5.5-6.0 mm long, black.
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