Evergreen prostrate shrub, very long-lived, dioecious, that does not usually exceed 1 m in height, although its branches can spread in all directions giving a dense vegetation cover of up to 8-10 m in diameter, giving a characteristic appearance to the high mountain landscape where it lives. Branches numerous with flattened twigs, squamiform leaves, decussate, up to 1.3 mm, ovate, obtuse or subacute, imbricate, with a non-scarious margin. Leaves in younger specimens are acicular, as in the rest of the family, in this species up to 3.5 mm. Male cones ovoid, at the termination of the twigs. The female cones or galbules appear in short lateral twigs, subglobose (4-6 mm) bluish-black or dark purple when ripe, generally covered with a bluish-white waxy powder, especially when they are in the process of maturation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-42973","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n