Mallee to 2 m. Juvenile leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate, grey-green, thick. Adult leaves ovate or broadly lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 7–11 cm long, 2.5–4 cm wide, yellow-green or grey-green; lateral veins faint, at 30°–50°; intramarginal vein faint, up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 15–20 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle terete or angular, thick, reflexed, 10–20 mm long; pedicels 5–13 mm long. Buds cylindrical, rostrate, smooth; operculum conical, rostrate, 10–15 mm long, 7–10 mm wide; hypanthium cylindrical or obconical, 12–15 mm long, 7–10 mm wide. Fruits pyriform or cylindrical, smooth, rugose or striate, 15–20 mm long, 10–14 mm wide; valves 3 or 4.
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