Densely branched, nearly leafless, hemiparasitic shrub, up to 0.3 m high. Leaves of 2 kinds, few and terete below, small, decurrent and subulate-lanceolate above, apices dark. Inflorescences with few flowers crowded in terminal clusters. Bracts ovate, hooded with inner surfaces concave. Flowers sessile, whitish. Perianth: tube absent; segments triangular, hooded. Disc conspicuous. Flowering time Sept.-Mar.
Densely branched, nearly leafless hemiparasitic shrub to 30 cm. Leaves of 2 kinds, few and terete below, small and subulate-lanceolate above, decurrent. Flowers sessile, few, crowded in terminal clusters, whitish.