Size: groundcover, 9" average height at maturity
Buds: flower buds at base of stem
Leaves: semi-evergreen or deciduous, alternate, often crowded, 2-4" long, 2-3" wide, simple, ovate to rounded, much wider than those of P. terminalis, broadest above middle, upper third coarsely serrate, lower entire, dull green to gray-green, often with prominent whitish veins
Twigs: 6-12" tall, tinted brown, pink, purple
Flowers: monoecious, white or pinkish, 2-4" spikes, flowering shoots emerging from buds at stem bases, bloom March-April
Fruit: 3-point capsule
