Dioecious shrub c. 1.7 m high. Branchlets spreading, twisted, to 10 cm long; articles 6-10 mm long, 0.8-1 mm diam., smooth, glabrous or shortly pubescent in furrows; phyllichnia rounded with median groove; teeth 7, spreading to erect, not overlapping, 0.5-0.8 mm long, marcescent. Male spikes 5-9 mm long, dense; anther 1.1-1.2 mm long. Cones cylindrical, sessile; cone body 10-15 mm long, c. 10 mm diam.; bracts inconspicuous; bracteoles obtuse, protuberance obtuse, shorter than bracteole body. Samara 5.5-6 mm long, mid-brown.