Tree to 9 m, spreading, twisted, gnarled, or mallee to 4.5 m. Bark fibrous throughout or smooth in eastern forms, grey. Juvenile leaves orbicular or obcordate, grey. Adult leaves lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, uncinate; lamina 6–10 cm long, 1.5–3 cm wide, grey-green; lateral veins faint, at 40°–50°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole flattened, 7–15 mm long. Umbels 7–15-flowered; peduncle terete, 5–10 mm long; pedicels absent. Buds fusiform; operculum conical, 5–8 mm long, 3–5 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 4–5 mm long, 3–5 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or subglobular, 4–6 mm long, 5–6 mm wide; disc broad, level or obliquely descending; valves 3–5.
Grows in sandy soil on the W coast, elsewherein clayey or stony soil, often subject to wet conditions in winter on plainsand in hilly areas.
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