A dwarf decumbent shrub, few cm in height, thorny, thorn at the end of branches, leaves alternate, clustered, 1.8-6 x 1-4 cm elliptic, obtuse, obscurely serrate, glabrous, petiole c.2 mm long, ± pubescent. Flowers solitary axillary, 4-merous greenish, minute, pedicel c. 2 mm long. Calyx lobes ovate-tringular, as long as the tube. Petals minute, narrowly linear. Disc glabrous, stamen exceeding the petals, style 3-fid. Fruit 2-5 mm long, obovoid, black, 3-lobed, seeds c. 2 mm long, somewhat ovoid in shape, slightly grooved bifid at the apex.

Fl. Per.: May-June.

Type: Garwhal, Strachey & Winterbottom 7 (K.).

Distribution: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Himalayas from Jhelum to Garhwal, Kashmir. Ladak, India, Iran.