Erect, spineless shrubs of 'fox-tail habit', up to 0.45 m high and 45 mm wide. Rhizome and roots not seen. Stems with branches placed close together, short, ±10-20 mm long, spreading at right angles from stem, terminating in a globose cladode fascicle. Cladodes ±50 or more in each fascicle, filiform, up to 15 mm long, pale green, placed on a small, basal disc. Flowers in pairs hidden inside 'fox-tail' at nodes, beside branches and branchlets; perianth possibly bell-shaped; tepals 2 mm long, white; peduncle 1.5-3.0 mm long; twin pedicels ±1 mm long, each covered by an elongate, triangular bract. Stamens typical, anthers yellow. Ovary ovoid; style short; ovules several per locule. Berry ±5 mm in diameter. Flowering in spring.
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