A conical tree 20-35 m. tall, 60-90 cm. in girth, with horizontal branches. Bark blackish-brown, divided into plates. Branchlets reddish-brown to deep blackish-red, pubescent. Buds globular-ovoid, resinous, to 5 mm. long. Leaves somewhat comb-like or nearly pectinate in arrangement, unequal, deepgreen above, glaucous beneath, 1.5-5.5 cm. long by 1.2-2 mm. wide; stomata usually absent above, in 8-10 lines below; resin canals 2, marginal; apex notched and emarginate. Female cones oblong-cylindric, apex pointed to somewhat flattened, yellowish-brown with a violet bloom, 8-11.5 cm. long by 4-4.5 cm. wide; scales oblong, broader than long; bracts hidden, about 1/2 height of the scale, cuneate-obovoid. Seeds light brown, nut to 9 mm. long, wing to 1.5 cm. long.