Dwarf shrub, up to 0.2 m high; not blackening when dried; branches, leaves and flowers alternate. Stems divaricately branched; young shoots densely pubescent. Leaves scalelike; blade ovate, 1.5 x 1.3 mm, base slightly spur-like, densely pubescent; subfloral leaves scale-like, 1.2 x 1.4 mm, shorter than bracts. Flowers: in scattered, few-flowered, spicate inflorescences; flowering branch elongate above flowers, covered in imbricate leaves with buds below them; perianth winged, segments pubescent below wings over whole upper surface, yellow; Jan.-Mar.
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