Mallee or shrub to 3.5 m. Bark smooth throughout, green-brown to light brown. Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 6–9 cm long, 1–2.5 cm wide, shining; lateral veins usually faint, at 25°–30°; intramarginal vein visible clearly, up to 2 mm from margin; petiole thick, flattened, 8–12 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle 20–35 mm long, often recurved. Buds cylindrical; operculum cylindrical, expanded at base, warty, 38–42 mm long, 13–16 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 10–12 mm long, 13–16 mm wide. Fruits campanulate or subglobular, 20–25 mm long and wide; disc broad, convex, overlying the valves; valves 3, exserted.