Evergreen shrub, hermaphrodite, up to 2 m in height or even taller, very ramose, stems prostrate-ascending, with whitish bark, striated, glabrous. Branches very slender. Leaves (3-20 \u00d7 0.3-2 mm) often abundant, alternate, linear or narrowly oblong or ovoid, with obtuse or slightly acute apex, upper side \u00b1 flat, underside slightly convex or not convex at all, margins slightly angular, entire, deep green in colour, glabrous, subsessile, often covered with a white-bluish waxy powder. Leaves not always clearly bifacial; subcylindrical leaves are sometimes common. Flowers very small (0.8-1.1 mm diameter), greenish, sessile, grouped in glomeruli of 2-5 flowers in the axils of upper leaves. Bracteoles scarious, silvery, usually persistent. Perianth with 5 parts, ovate, resembling sepals, fused at the base, each accompanied by a stamen. Ovary \u00b1 conical. Stigmas 3 to 5, \u00b1 flat and triangular, very small (0.2-0.5 mm). Fruit an achene surrounded by 5 parts of the perianth wingless on the dorsal side. Seed black and smooth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-11964","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n