Woody at base; branches intricate,
angular,
scabridulous; leaves minute,
deltoid,
scale-like; cladodes 3-6,
0.5-1 cm,
in a cluster,
rigid,
unequal,
spreading,
linear,
angular,
spinescent at tip; flowers 1-2; c. 2.5 mm,
pedicels 2-3 mm,
nodding,
jointed below middle; perianth-segments c. 2.5 mm,
stellate,
the inner shorter than the outer,
incurved; berry 6-7 mm,
globose,
blackish,
1-seeded; seeds c. 4 mm,
globose,
rugose,
black.