Erect to spreading shrubs 0.6-1.8 m tall. Hairs greyish, appressed to antrorsely spreading. Young branchlets moderately hairy. Leaves alternate, linear, 10-20 mm long, 0.7-1.3 mm wide, concave to subterete, and grooved on upper surface, suberect to erect, straight, twisted through 90-360°, sharp but not pungent, not glaucous, sparsely hairy when immature, glabrescent, slightly scaberulous. Inflorescence usually auxotelic, 1-4-flowered; rachis 0-3 mm long. Pedicels 1.5-2.5 mm long, erect to spreading, glabrous. Tepals 10-12 mm long, acute, glabrous. Anther appendage obtuse, to 0.4 mm long on outside.