Erect sturdy shrub up to 1.5m. Hairless, stalkless, spreading, stiff leaves are 4mm long and crowded on numerous ascending branches; flowers borne in massed heads about 15cm or more across at the ends of main branches; globular cream flowerheads are 5mm in diameter and are arranged in short racemes. Fruit is distinctively red coloured and persists in clusters on the plant giving an attractive appearance of red berries; fruit gradually fades in colour and can remain on the plant for a further season.