Dense divaricate hermaphrodite shrub, 0.7-2 m tall. Branchlets and young leaves white appressed-pubescent. Leaves rigid, terete, 1.5-6 cm long, 0.9-1.3 mm wide, not grooved, glaucous. Inflorescence with 6-10 flowers; involucre 3.5-4.5 mm long; rachis knob-like; pedicels 2-3.5 mm long, appressed-pubescent, with hairs white or ferruginous; white hairs extending onto perianth. Flowers bisexual. Perianth 3-3.5 mm long. Pistil erect, 4.5-6 mm long; pollen presenter conical, 0.3-0.4 mm high; gland V-shaped, 0.2-0.4 mm high. Fruit sigmoidal, 1.5-2.2 cm long, 0.7-1.6 cm wide, coarsely rugose; apiculum 3-7 mm long. Seed 9.5-15 mm long; wing ±apical only.
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