Much-branched shrub, ± 0.2(-0.4) m high. Leaves mostly 6-8 mm long, alternate, erect-spreading, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute, cuneate at base, slightly revolute and obscurely gland-crenate, glabrous, with a prominent nerve and scattered glands beneath. Flowers 1-3 together in axils of upper leaves, white; bracteoles 2. Sepals 1.25 mm long, widely ovate, acute, ciliate, obtusely convex and shiny beneath. Petals 5 mm long, obovate, narrowly cuneate at base, slightly concave and pubescent above. Staminodes 1.25-1.50 mm long, spathulate, obtuse, ciliate, slightly concave above. Disc crenulate. Ovary glabrous, with 1 carpel with an oblong, obtuse, terete process; style glabrous. Flowering time Apr.-Dec.
Single-stemmed shrublet to 45 cm, turpentine-scented. Flowers 1-3 in leaf axils, white. Fruits 1-chambered.