Shrub 1-2 m tall; branches erect. Stems finely striate, terete; flowering branchlets 1.5-2.5 mm diam., the internodes short. Leaves triangular, alternate, appressed, 1.5-2.5 mm long; apex weak, dry, recurved or variously twisted or abraded. Flowers solitary, often crowded; bracts similar to vegetative leaves, spreading; pedicels c. 0.5 mm long with 8-12 bracteoles, 4 of which are involucral. Flowers cylindrical. Tepals c. 1.5 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, white, closely appressed when dry. Stamens without appendages; anther lobes approximately equal. Drupe globose, 2-3 mm long.
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