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Very like Phyllanthus maderaspatensis but is distinguished chiefly by its caespitose habit; by its leaves being uniformly narrow and often involute with a curved, spinous apex, and without visible lateral nerves; by the female pedicels being 2–6 mm long; and by the smaller female disk and seeds.
Perennial herb, up to 0.3 m high. Stems erect, slender; several from a woody rootstock. Leaves with blade linear, up to 25 x 5 mm, apex spinous, margins involute, without visible veins. Flowers: female pedicels 2-6 mm long; perianth yellowish red; Oct.-Mar. Fruit stalked.
Monoecious, sometimes dioecious, twiggy perennial from woody base, with smooth, reddish bark. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate. Flowers axillary, females solitary, males few, stamens 3, with filaments united, fruiting pedicels to 5 mm long.
Erect shrub, up to 1.5 m high. Leaf blades obovate, elliptic or suborbicular, 3-9(-12) x 2-6(-8) mm. Flowering branchlets angular, smooth or asperulate, 6-8(-14)-leaved. Flowers greenish white.
