One half to 1 inch long and about 1/16 inch wide,
flattened, gradually tapering to the base, notched;
upper surface dark green, shining, grooved; lower
surfaces with 2 conspicuously broad white bands of
stomata.
Reddish brown to
brown with short pubescence.
Cones are sessile,
cylindrical and about 2 to 3 inches long. They
are bluish purple when young before turning
brown.
