Tiny shrublet with horizontal (prostrate) main stems and lateral shoots ascending to 5 cm. Leaves bright glossy green above, glaucescent beneath except for midrib and main veins. Female catkins erect, deep crimson, to c. 8 mm long, broad cylindric. Bracts c. 1.5 mm long. Pistil c. 2.5 mm long with the 2 styles c. 1 mm long.