Tall shrub to small tree 2–13 m high. Leaves: petiole 2–5 mm long; lamina ovate to elliptic, 5–12.5 cm long, 1.8–5 cm wide, shortly attenuate to cuneate at base, finely crenate in upper two-thirds, acuminate at apex, mostly glabrous, sometimes with a few hairs on or near nerves and midrib on lower surface when young; midrib sunken above, raised and prominent beneath; veins flattened and rather obscure above, raised and prominent beneath. Inflorescence ± divaricately thyrsiform. Tepals pink to red, or pale maroon. Stamens pale maroon. Fruiting hypanthium (5–) 7–12 (–17) mm long. Achenes (3–) 4–5 (–6) mm long, moderately long-plumose; styles (5–) 6–8 (–10) mm long.
Grows in rainforest, on rainforest margins in exposed positions, in open forest with a closed understorey, or in Nothofagus moorei forest, at 100–960 m alt.
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