Mallee, usually to 3 m, but up to 6 m. Bark rough, grey on trunk, and smooth, green-brown on upper trunks and branches. Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves alternate, narrowly to broadly lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 7–13 cm long, 1.5–3 cm wide, dull, grey-green; lateral veins faint, at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 10–15 mm long. Umbels 3-flowered; peduncle terete, pendulous, 10–30 mm long; pedicels 10–20 mm long. Buds globular to subpyriform; operculum hemispherical or conical, rostrate, ribbed, 15–30 mm long, 18–35 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, ribbed, 10–12 mm long, 18–35 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical, 8-ribbed, 14–18 mm long, 20–30 mm wide; disc concave, steeply ascending; valves 4 or 5, exserted. Seeds irregularly pyramidal, narrowly winged, ridged on ventral side, red-grey-brown.
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