Mallee to 8 m. Bark white or grey. Juvenile leaves connate, ovate, glaucous. Intermediate leaves similar to juvenile, but becoming lanceolate, glaucous. Juvenile or intermediate leaves frequently persist on mature mallees. Adult leaves not common, opposite or subopposite, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, thick; lamina 6–8 cm long, 1–1.5 cm wide, glaucous; lateral veins just visible, at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein 1–2 mm from margin; petiole slightly flattened, 2–5 mm long. Peduncle terete, 4–8 mm long; pedicels 1–4 mm long, occasionally absent. Buds clavate or pyriform, glaucous; operculum saucer-shaped, 1–2 mm long, 2–4 mm wide; hypanthium truncate-pyriform, 3–5 mm long, 2–4 mm wide. Fruits cylindrical or ovoid-cylindrical, sometimes striate, 6–10 mm long, 5–7 mm wide, pruinose; disc steeply descending; valves usually 3, broadly deltoid, included just below rim.
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A small gum tree. It grows 2-4.5 m high and spreads 0.9-3 m wide. It has rough bark on the lower parts of the trunk. The upper branches and twigs are smooth. The young leaves are opposite and join at their bases. They are broad and dull blue-grey. The adult leaves are often absent. The flowers are white.
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