Erect shrub to 2 m high. Branches stellate-tomentose. Stellate hairs with rays to 0.1 (–0.25) mm long. Leaves simple; petiole 2–4 mm long; lamina elliptic, (10–) 15–45 mm long, (4–) 6–11.5 mm wide, strongly attenuate at base, acute; adaxial surface glabrous or with few hairs along midrib. Inflorescence 1 (–3)-flowered; peduncle 0.5–1 mm long; pedicel 2–5 mm long. Sepals 4 mm long, 2.5 mm wide, acuminate. Petals 5.5–7 mm long (–8.5 mm when in fruit), pink to white; adaxial surface with sparse indumentum of simple hairs. Stamens: filaments pilose; anther apiculum minute to large, reflexed. Style glabrous. Cocci glabrous.
Grows in open and closed woodland and heath, often near soaks amongst sedges, from sea level to over 800 m alt.
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