Subshrubs or suffrutescent perennials, spreading, 2–10 dm. Stems ascending or decumbent, stoutly branched, woody stems brown to gray-brown, herbaceous stems green or glaucous, densely tomentulose, leaf scars ± knobby; branches spreading. Leaves densely spreading, subsessile to short-petiolate; petiole ± 1 mm; blade glaucous, linear to oblanceolate, subcylindric, (3–)7–22 × 0.5–1.5 mm, apex acuminate to slightly apiculate, glabrous. Glomes usually confined to distal branches, 1–5-flowered; branches 1–3 mm diam., as thick as vegetative ones; bracts leaflike in shape, green, not glaucous, 1–5 mm. Flowers usually bisexual; perianth 1.5–2 mm diam.; perianth segments proximally connate, ± glabrous; ovary ± vase-shaped with distal necklike extension; stigmas 3. Seeds usually horizontal, 0.8–1 mm; seed coat black.

Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Coastal sandy areas, saline flats, clay dunes
Elevation: 1-30 m

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico (Tamaulipas), West Indies.

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