Mallee or tree to 10 m. Bark rough, flaky, dark grey to 2 m, then smooth, pink-brown to grey above. Juvenile leaves lanceolate to ovate. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate, uncinate; lamina 5–10 cm long, 0.7–1 cm wide, shining, green; lateral veins at 40°–50°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 8–10 mm long. Umbels 11–15-flowered; peduncle terete or quadrangular, 6–10 mm long; pedicels 2–3 mm long. Buds cylindrical to obconical; operculum shortly conical or hemispherical and shortly pointed, 2–3 mm long and wide; hypanthium obconical or suburceolate, 3–4 mm long, 2–3 mm wide. Fruits cylindrical to obconical, 4–5 mm long, c. 3 mm wide; valves 3.