Leaf Description | ves. Leaves 3-verticillate, stiff, pointed, needle-like, more or less curved, base jointed, 10-17 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, conspicuously concave on margin, nearly triangular in cross section, upper surface with one deep groove and one narrow white stoma |
Flower Description | Flowers solitary in axils of previous year's shoots. |
Fruit Description | Pollen cones globose-ovoid, yellow-green, ca. 3 mm long, 2.5 mm across, consisting of ca. 3-tiered verticillate scales, scales ovate, acute, green. Seed cones on short stalks densely clothed with small scale leaves, globose, green ripening to purple- |
Texture Description | Medium texture. |