Osyris alba is a semiparasitic (hemiparasitic) broom-like shrub reaching 30–150 cm (12–59 in) in height.

[1] The stem is woody, brown or dark green, sometimes creeping on the ground.

This plant has numerous longitudinally striated branches, green when young.

[1] The fruits are small, red, fleshy drupes, 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) in diameter.

It is present in western Asia and in North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia and Libya.