Rather weak dwarf shrub, thin-stemmed, often rounded, to c. 200 mm tall (less commonly more erect and to 400 mm tall), ± regularly branched (unless browsed), branches often numerous, ascending to erect; internodes often not much longer than leaves (except on new growth). Leaves: blades often narrow and short, 4-9(-12) x 1.0-2.5(-3) mm, (narrowly) oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, ± membranaceous, glabrous or papillate (mainly on margins), ± discolourous; margins often revolute; petioles usually subobsolete. Plants ('female' + 'male'), ('female' + 'male') + 'female' or 'female', rarely 'male'. 'Female' ('male'): buds c. 2.5-3.2(-3.8) mm long; corolla lobes 1.5-2.5(-3) x 0.5-0.8 mm, mostly a little hairy or papillate outside. Fruit shiny, glabrous or covered with some papillae, carpophore c. 0.3-0.5 mm long; mericarps (1.5-)1.8-2.2 x 0.8-1.1 mm.
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