Shrub 1.3-4.5 m tall; branches erect to pendulous. Stems striate, angular; flowering branchlets less than 1 mm diam. Leaves subulate, 1-2 mm long, appressed to slightly spreading. Flowers solitary; bracts similar to vegetative leaves, spreading, the apex slightly recurved; pedicels less than 0.5 mm long with 6 bracteoles, 4 of which are involucral. Flowers cylindrical. Tepals c. 1 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, white to cream, tightly appressed when dry. Stamens without appendages; anther lobes approximately equal. Drupe globose, 4-5 mm long.