Mallee to 3 m. Bark smooth throughout, grey. Juvenile leaves lanceolate. Adult leaves lanceolate, sometimes falcate, acuminate or uncinate; lamina 5–10 cm long, 0.5–1 cm wide, shining, yellow-green; lateral veins faint, at 35°–45°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 5–10 mm long. Umbels 3–7-flowered; peduncle terete, recurved, 20–30 mm long; pedicels 10–20 mm long. Buds cylindrical to ovoid; operculum hemispherical, sometimes apiculate, 2–3 mm long, 4–6 mm wide; hypanthium cylindrical or ovoid, 6–8 mm long, 4–6 mm wide. Fruits ovoid, smooth or slightly striate, 9–12 mm long, 6–9 mm wide; disc broad, steeply descending; valves 3–5, deeply included.
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