Plants diffusely branched, 15-60 cm; bark gray to orange-red, exfoliating on older branches. Leaves 2-4 per node; petiole appressed to ascending, tan to red, 0.4-0.7 mm; blade yellow-green, linear, 3-6 × 0.5-0.8 mm, base acute to rounded, apex obtuse, surfaces minutely glandular-hairy to glabrate, abaxial surface with prominent longitudinal groove. Inflorescences: bracts 1[-3] per flower, sessile, ovate, 1-1.5 mm; bracteoles absent. Flowers subsessile; sepals persistent, imbricate, reddish purple, ovate, 1.5-2.3 × 0.7-1.5 mm, margins erose; filaments 2-4 mm; anthers reddish purple, 1 mm; pistils reddish purple, 1.3-1.6 mm; ovary ovoid, 0.6-0.8 mm; style 1-2 mm; stigmas 0.5-1 mm. Drupes gray, 1-1.5 mm. 2n = 26.
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A shrub. It grows 30-60 cm tall. The leaves are narrow and needle like. They are 6 mm long. The fruit are 2 mm wide.
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