Flowers are conspicuous, reddish purple in color and axillary. Fruit is a very pubescent pod. It has a narrowly pyramidal crown with a dense, foliage is composed of very small plates arranged in flat sprays of rich green color. Trunk has reddish brown bark. It is aromatic in warm weather.
Cones are small and reddish brown.
Will tolerate heat, take any soil. Good use for high screen wall, and windbreak. Used for wood of pencils and totem poles. Major problem is canker caused by a fungus. Generally the canker is worse if the tree is subjected to drought.