Shrub up to 1 m in height, branched from the base, very irregular in size, sometimes intricate. Trunk and main branches with greyish, fissured bark. Branchlets whitish, \u00b1 villous, with erect, crispate, denticulate hairs, with numerous leaves at the base. Fertile stems elongated, with leaves (3)5-12 mm long, alternate, highly variable, subcylindrical, subtrigonal, sometimes squamiform, triangular or elongate, enlarged at the base, ending in a tip, fleshy, \u00b1 villous with erect hairs. Leaves often clustered on short shoots (brachyblasts), becoming sometimes very imbricate. Inflorescences in narrow spikes. Floral leaves fasciculate with a small brachyblast at the axil. Bracts \u00b1 oval-triangular, similar in shape to the leaves, but always a little smaller. Bracteoles ovate, shorter than the perianth. Flowers all hermaphrodite, solitary, sometimes 2-3, at the axil of each leaf, forming narrow, \u00b1 dense spikes. Perianth with 5 parts y 5 exserted stamens. Fruit an achene surrounded by 5 perianth parts, each with a membranous dorsal wing, light pink to strong purple in colour, forming a crown of 5-8 mm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12003","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n