Atkinsonia ligustrina F.Muell.

Spreading shrub to 1 m high, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, obtuse or rounded; lamina 30-55 mm long, 6-14 mm wide, with recurved margins, attenuate at base into petiole c. 2 mm long. Inflorescence axis usually 5-12 mm long, rarely to 40 mm, subtended by 2-4 pairs of rounded prophylls up to 1.5 mm long; pedicels 2-6, c. 1 mm long; bracts c. 2 mm long, the central one decurrent to base of pedicel. Calyx 0.5 mm long, irregularly toothed. Corolla in mature bud 6-8 mm long, acute, yellow. Anthers lanceolate, 2 mm long, about equal to free part of filament. Fruit ovoid, c. 12 mm long.

In exposed habitats in woodland or heath; single plants often root-parasitic on many neighbouring plants.