Perennial herb, lower portion woody, robust, branches flexuous, circular in transverse section, branchlets ± reflexed. Leaves (in the lower part) with a spur. Cladodes 1-3 mostly one per node, subulate, ± spreading 1.3-4-(6) cm long. Flowers one or two in the axils. Pedicel articulated above the middle, 3-4 mm long. Fruit small, black.