They have opposite or alternate spaced leaves which are acicular (slender or needle-shaped) or terete (circular in cross-section) and have a widened base.

It has either solitary flowers or they are clustered in glomerules (groups) at the leaf axils (joints).

The flowers have a 4 or parted perianth, with the segments being broadly ovate or oblong shaped.

It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Xinjiang.

[1] The genus name of Horaninovia is in honour of Pavel Gorianinov (1796–1866), a Russian botanist with an interest on fungus and ferns and was a professor at the medical academy in Saint Petersburg,[4] and it was first described and published in Enum.