Low, sturdy shrublet, 0.25-0.45 m high, with intricate, stiff, woody branches; bark dark grey, corky, interspersed with white scales. Leaves alternate, cauline and floral leaves scale-like, not provided with attenuate apex. Flowers densely spirally arranged on branchlets, axillary, sessile; with 2 bracteoles only; small, gemma-like, flowering parts spongy, thickened, ± closed, yellowish.