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Wiry, hemiparasitic, dwarf shrub, 0.1-0.2 m high; rhizomatous, base woody with several ascending stems. Leaves subulate-lanceolate, up to 3 mm long, abaxially convex, apex acutely acuminate. Bracts scale-like, ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, ± 1/2 as long as flowers. Flowers rather crowded towards end of axillary branches, sessile within bracts. Perianth ± 1.5 mm long; segments ± 1 mm long, triangular. Flowering time Mar.? Fruit small, subglobose, ± 3 mm long, including persistent perianth; conspicuously 10-ribbed, finely reticulate between ribs.
Annual herb, 0.1-0.2 m high. Stems slender, ascending, several, rush-like; brown when dry. Leaves scale-like; blade narrowly ovate, up to 3 mm long, subulate, apex acutely acuminate, abaxial convex. Flowers: in short, ± dense spikes, sessile in bracts; bracts with finely fringed margins; perianth bearded, ± 1.5 mm long, segments triangular, ± 1 mm long, bearded, greenish white; Sep.-Mar. Fruit subglobose, ± 3 mm long, ribbed, finely reticulate between ribs.
Herb, up to 150 mm tall. Stems slender, ascending, brown when dry. Flowers in short, dense spikes. Bracts with finely fringed margins. Flowers greenish white.
