Branchlets puberulous, sometimes very minutely so. Leaves 2-8 (mostly 3-5) mm long, alternate, erect-spreading or sometimes spreading, usually somewhat recurved, linear, oblong, elliptic-oblong, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, elliptic or ovate, obtuse or acute, rounded at the base, slightly concave, flat or sometimes slightly convex above, often gland-crenate at the margin, with scattered glands and a raised nerve beneath, sometimes slightly gibbous behind the apex, glabrous, puberulous beneath or on the margin, pilose on the margin and beneath on the nerve or tipped with long hairs, sometimes with stalked glands on the margin. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 2.5-6 mm long, glabrous, puberulous or pubescent, sometimes with stalked glands, bearing bracteoles on the lower half. Sepals 1-1.25 mm long, ovate, obtuse, rounded beneath, glabrous or sometimes tipped with a hair, or ± pilose-ciliate, very rarely with stalked glands. Petals 3-5 mm long; blade elliptic-or obovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, or sparsely pubescent above on the nerve, often with a gland behind the apex; claw half as long to equal in length, narrowly linear, ± ciliate. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 1.75-3.25 mm long, lanceolate or lanceolate-linear, acuminate, tipped with a gland, tapering towards the base, concave above, ciliate. Ovary with 3 carpels bearing rotund or widely obovate glabrous or pilose processes. Style glabrous.
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Single-stemmed shrublet, up to 1.4 m high. Leaves (2-)3-5(-8) mm long, alternate, usually somewhat recurved, often gland-crenate at margins, with scattered glands and raised nerve beneath, sometimes with stalked glands on margins. Flowers in terminal clusters, white, pink or mauve; bracteoles 2. Petals 3-5 mm long; claw half as long to equal in length, narrowly linear, ± ciliate. Staminodes 1.75-3.25 mm long, lanceolate or lanceolate-linear, acuminate, tipped with a gland, tapering towards base, concave above, ciliate. Ovary with 3 carpels with rotund or widely obovate glabrous or pilose processes; style glabrous. Flowering time Aug.-Jan.
Single-stemmed shrublet to 1.4 m, strongly aniseed-scented. Flowers in lax, terminal clusters, white, pink or mauve. Fruits 3-chambered.