Mallee, slender, willowy, to 4.5 m. Bark powdery white. Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves lanceolate to elliptic, acuminate; lamina 7.5–10 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, grey-green; lateral veins faint to just visible, at 40°–45°; intramarginal vein up to 3 mm from margin; petiole slightly flattened, 10–20 mm long. Umbels 11–15-flowered; peduncle flattened, pruinose, 9–15 mm long; pedicels absent or to 1 mm long. Buds ±fusiform; operculum conical, 5–8 mm long, 5–6 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical or campanulate, 4–6 mm long, 5–6 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or campanulate, 7–10 mm long, 7–8 mm wide; disc descending; valves 3 or 4, usually included, sometimes level or just exserted.
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