OregonFlora species comparison

alternate or whorled, angle of divergence about 45°;

twigs pale green to bluish green, fading to gray, glaucous when young.

conic;

apex obtuse.

opposite, rarely in whorls of 3, 2–6 mm long, deciduous;

leaf bases gray.

1–5 per node, ellipsoid, 4–8 mm.

1–2, globose to ellipsoid, 6–9 mm; smooth.

1–several per node, globose, 5–10 mm;

bracts opposite, 3–5 pairs, circular;

margins entire, brown to green center.

=28.