Shrub 0.5-1.5 m in height, dioecious, unarmed. Stems \u00b1 straight, sometimes intricate. Branches glabrous, silvery grey or pale ferruginous in colour. Leaves (0.7)1-4.5(6) cm wide, palmatifid to palmatipartite, with 3-5 scalloped lobes or incise-serrate, the central lobe attenuate at the base; cordate, truncate or rarely attenuate at the base, with long glanduliferous scattered hairs, and eglanduliferous generally shorter, although the latter sometimes may be missing. Inflorescence erect racemes, male racemes (0.8)1.5-3(3.8) cm and with up to 30 flowers; female racemes 0.5-2(2.5) cm, with 2-5(8) flowers; both types have a main axis with abundant glanduliferous hairs; bracts (2.5)3-6(6.5) mm in length, same or longer than those of the flowers, lanceolate or oblong, glandulous on the margin, rather scarious. Flowers up to 3.5 mm; pedicels similar in length, glandulous, articulated near the base. Sepals 1.5-2.5 mm, patent, oblong to spatulate, somewhat uneven, obtuse, glabrous, yellowish-green. Petals less than 1 mm, from greenish to purple. Stamens slightly longer than petals in male flowers, shorter and with anthers without pollen on the female flowers. Berry 5-7 mm, globose, glabrous, red in colour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-11904","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n