Shrub, up to 2 m high; resprouting. Stems many, erect or spreading, ascending towards apex; glabrous or sparsely, shortly hairy (juvenile foliage); old stems grey-brown, may lie flat and set root. Leaves sessile; usually unifoliolate; blade linear, sickle-shaped, 6-15 x 0.4-1.0 mm, apex pointed, tip hair-like, margins minutely serrate, midrib prominently swollen; glabrous. Flowers: sepals 4; greenish; Nov.-Jan.
Monoecious or dioecious shrub, 0.5-2.0 m high. Leaves simple, linear-lanceolate, 6-15 mm long, margins scabrid. Male flowers: stamens 6. Female flowers: receptacle 3 mm long, oblong, 9-ribbed, brownish. Flowering time Feb.-Apr.
Erect or spreading, monoecious or dioecious shrub to 1 m. Leaves simple, linear-lanceolate, 6-15 mm long, margins scabrid. Flowers: male: stamens 6; female: receptacle 3 mm long, oblong, 9-ribbed, brownish.
Shrub, up to 2 m high. Leaves simple, glabrous, linear and occasionally falcate, apex acute, margin not revolute, midrib swollen and prominent, petiole absent. Flowers pale green.