Shrubs or subshrubs, 1-15 dm. Stems spreading or erect, woody stems dull gray-brown, herbaceous stems light green or red, glaucous, usually puberulent to shortly villous, sometimes glabrous, leaf scars on woody stems knobby; branches spreading. Leaves ascending to widely spreading, subsessile; petiole ± 1 mm; blade blue-green, yellow-green, or red, glaucous, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, subcylindric or semiterete, 5-30 × 0.6-2 mm, apex acute to acuminate, usually puberulent to shortly villous, sometimes glabrous. Glomes distributed throughout plant on branches, 1-3-flowered; branches 2-4 mm diam.; bracts similar in shape and size to leaves. Flowers bisexual or lateral pistillate; perianth 1-3 mm diam.; perianth segments proximally connate, usually pubescent; ovary ± vase-shaped with distal necklike extension; stigmas 3-4. Seeds horizontal or vertical, 1-2 mm; seed coat black or brown.
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