Size: groundcover, 1' average height at maturity
Leaves: evergreen, in flattened sprays like Thuja, spreads outward and evenly in all directions, forming a soft-textured round pancake, about 1' high, 4-6' wide, needles mostly scale-like and appressed, bright green in summer, bronzy purple to brown in winter
Flowers: monoecious, inconspicuous
Fruit: single naked oval seed
