Shrub up to 100 cm in height (rarely taller), that branches profusely from near the base, monoecious. Branches long, arched at first, but promptly straight and erect. Older stems glabrous or \u00b1 tomentose, without leaves. Young stems white-tomentose, conspicuous compared to other parts of the plant. Leaves spaced, except in the very short floral stems, where they are imbricated; always appressed, 1-2.5 \u00d7 0.5-1.5 mm, \u00b1 ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, flat, sessile, pubescent both sides. Inflorescences in glomeruli, with 2-5 flowers, ebracteate, at the end of very short brachyblasts and therefore seemingly axillary. Flowers unisexual (male flowers with a rudimentary ovary), female flowers 3-4 mm, male flowers 4-6 mm, \u00b1 tubiform, yellow or yellow-greenish; hypanthium pubescent; sepals 0.5-1 mm, ovate, obtuse, the overlapping pair of sepals with a partial indumentum on their inner face. Fruit nuciform, included in the hypanthium, with pericarp membranous and pilose on the upper third. Seeds 2.5-2.6 \u00d7 1.4-1.6 mm, \u00b1 pyriform, with a straight apex and \u00b1 prominent chalaza hidden by a brown aril 0.4-0.6 mm in diameter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-13119","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n