conocarpodendron" is an evergreen large shrub of high and in diameter with a rounded crown, which is rigid because of the thick branching at approximately right angles, and with a firm trunk of in diameter that is covered by thick greyish, reddish or blackish bark with a netting of fissures.The flowering branches are rigid, 1–1½ cm (0.4–0.6 in) thick and covered with a dense layer of white or greyish crinkly hairs or long soft silky hairs.