Mallee to 4.5 m. Bark light brown to white or grey. Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves linear-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, sometimes falcate, uncinate; lamina 5–7 cm long, 0.5–0.9 cm wide, shining, green; lateral veins faint, at 40°–50°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole slightly flattened, 5–8 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle terete or slightly flattened, 10–15 mm long; pedicels quadrangular, 4–9 mm long. Buds fusiform; operculum conical, obtuse, 5–6 mm long, 4–6 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical or obconical, 4–5 mm long, 4–6 mm wide. Fruits cylindrical or hemispherical, 6–10 mm long, 6–8 mm wide; disc prominent, grey, obliquely descending; valves 3 or 4, fragile, exserted or included.
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