Mallee or tree to 8 m. Bark in tree form rough, flaky-fibrous, grey to yellow-brown up to lower branches; in mallee form, bark smooth, grey to pink-brown. Juvenile leaves elliptic to ovate. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate, uncinate; lamina 5–9 cm long, 0.6–1.3 cm wide, shining, green; lateral veins faint, at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein almost confluent with margin; petiole quadrangular, 10–15 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle slightly flattened, 6–13 mm long; pedicels 2–5 mm long. Buds ovoid; operculum hemispherical or bluntly conical, striate or ribbed, 3–5 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 4–5 mm long, 4–5 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical to obconical, 4–8 mm long, 5–8 mm wide; disc narrow, level or descending; valves 3 or 4, level or exserted.
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