Juniperus oxycedrus L., it is an evergreen shrub, or trees to 6 m tall and 30 cm diameter, with an erect, often multistemmed, rounded crown of spreading and ascending branches. Bark light gray, smooth. Twigs green, turning yellowish brown in later years, short, 3-angled. Leaves needle-like, linear with a long spiny apex, 15-20 mm long, prominently keeled, bearing 2 white adaxal stomatal bands. Pollen shed in spring, Seed cones axillary, solitary, brownish-red to reddish-purple and glaucous at maturity, globose, 6-12 mm diameter, usually bearing 2-3 broad-ovate, slightly trigonous seeds.
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