E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

General:
Evergreen perennial from horizontal stems about 3 mm wide, on the soil (or rock) surface, or shallowly buried; upright shoots branched, 5-15 cm tall, bluish-green, with flattened branches.

Leaves:
Leaves on the convex side of the branches and leaves on their edges unstalked, short, triangular, those on the concave sides trowel shaped, bent upright at right angles to their short stalks that are perpendicular to the branches, the leaves bent upright at right angles to the bases.