Mallee to 2.5 m. Bark smooth throughout, pink-grey to grey, often powdery. Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves lanceolate, occasionally narrowly lanceolate, uncinate; lamina 7–10 cm long, 1–1.5 cm wide, more or less shining, blue-green; lateral veins at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole terete, 10–15 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle terete, 10–15 mm long; pedicels 5–8 mm long. Buds urceolate, constricted between operculum and hypanthium; operculum hemispherical with a distinct point, 4–5 mm long, 5–6 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical or cylindrical, 5–6 mm long and wide. Fruits subglobular, 8–10 mm long and wide; valves 3, sometimes 4.