Nenax divaricata T.M.Salter

Dwarf shrub, usually divaricately branched, rounded to ± cylindrical, c. (0.15-)0.3-0.6(-1) m tall. Stems erect to ascending, much branched; principal branches usually opposite, held at c. 45°. Leaves decussate; blades (3-)3.5-8(-9.5) x 0.4-0.5 mm, linear, needlelike, semiterete to ± triangular in section, glabrous except for ± papillate margins. Flowers mostly single at nodes, sometimes also terminal and overtopped by short lateral shoots arising below; corolla 4-merous, yellowish green, often purplish or purplish brown tinged or streaked outside ('male'): tube(0.8-)1-1.5 mm long, funnel-shaped, lobes 2.7-3.2 x 0.7-1 mm; anthers 1.4-1.7 mm long ('female'): tube 0.2-0.3 mm long, lobes 0.3-0.5 x 0.1-0.2 mm; stigmas 3.4-4.6 mm long, purplish red to dark purple; ovary 0.7-1.2 x 0.4-0.8 mm, with 4 small calyx lobes. Fruit tardily dehiscent, supported by a small carpophore, reddish brown, greyish to dark grey; mericarps (2.4-)2.7-3.4 x 1.2-1.7 mm, ± obovate, glabrescent to densely papillate, with 2 rounded to ± triangular calyx lobes c. 0.3-0.4 mm long.