Nenax microphylla (Sond.) T.M.Salter

Dwarf shrub, rounded to ± cylindrical, intricately branched, c. 0.1-0.3(-0.4) m tall and c. 0.1-0.7 m in diam.; lower, cushion-to ± mat-forming if browsed. Stems ascending or erect, often ± spine-tipped if browsed; sometimes arching downward or ± prostrate, occasionally rooting at nodes and producing new plantlets. Leaves decussate, often pseudo-verticillate; blades (1.5-)2-4(-5.4) x 0.7-1.2 mm, (broadly) ovate to ± elliptic (often longer, to 7 mm, and ± linear-lanceolate or lanceolate on new growth), frequently recurved, glabrous or sometimes margins ± papillate. Flowers in clusters of 2(seldom 4-6) at nodes, inflorescences often ± conspicuous in fruiting ('female'); corolla 4-merous, pale yellow to greenish yellow, sometimes reddish (purplish) tinged outside ('male'): tube 0.5-0.7 mm long, broadly funnel-shaped, lobes 1.5-2.2 x 0.6-0.8 mm; anthers 1.2-1.9 mm long ('female') calyx lobes. Fruit inflated, (sub) globose or ± ellipsoidal, dehiscent, not supported by a distinct carpophore, c. 1.7-3.2 mm in diam (bright) reddish brown or reddish, glabrescent or papillate, with 4 ± triangular calyx lobes c. 0.3-0.4 x 0.2-0.3 mm.