Mallee to 10 m high. Bark fibrous, grey on stems and sometimes on lower branches, then smooth, grey-white, above. Juvenile leaves petiolate, narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate; lamina 6.5–14 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, yellow-green to green, shining; lateral veins just visible, at 40°–50°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 8–15 mm long. Umbels usually 7-flowered; peduncle terete, 3–6 mm long; pedicels 1–3 mm long. Buds ovoid; operculum 3–4 mm long, 3–6 mm wide; hypanthium 3–4 mm long, 3–6 mm wide. Fruits 5–8 mm long and wide; disc level or ascending.