Mallee, mostly to 3.5 m, occasionally to 6 m. Bark smooth throughout, light grey to light brown. Juvenile leaves ovate to lanceolate, green. Adult leaves lanceolate, uncinate, thick; lamina 6–10 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, shining, green, noticeably glandular; lateral veins just visible, at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole quadrangular, 10–20 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle slightly flattened or angular, 7–17 mm long; pedicels 3–5 mm long. Buds turbinate; operculum hemispherical, ribbed, 3–5 mm long, 4–8 mm wide; hypanthium turbinate, smooth but slightly striate when dry, 4–6 mm long, 5–6 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical, smooth to striate, 6–8 mm long and wide; valves 4, level or just exserted.
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