Evergreen subshrub, hermaphrodite, upright or \u00b1 prostrate, with articulated stems up to 1.5 m long. Never eaten by herbivores. Main trunk can reach a diameter of up to 3 cm. Bark greyish, fissured longitudinally. Branches and branchlets with green tones. Elongated articles up to 20 mm long and 2.5 mm wide. Leaves opposite, very small, squamiform, amplexicaul, fused to each other and to the stem forming an inverted cupule-like structure at the nodes; scarious margin with obtuse tip. Flowers hermaphrodite, solitary, axillary, grouped in spiciform inflorescences at the end of the branchlets. Perianth with 5 unequal parts: 3 outer parts broadly ovate, 2 internal parts oblong, all obtuse. Fruit bacciform, with a seed shaped as a spiral, arranged vertically, surrounded by 5 perianth parts; the 3 external parts each with a whitish, brown or purple wing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12024","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n