Dwarf shrub to 1 m, or mallee to 3.5 m. Bark smooth throughout, grey. Juvenile leaves opposite, sessile, elliptic to ovate, crenulate, mucronate, shining, green, slightly discolorous. Adult leaves opposite, elliptic to ovate, mucronate; lamina 1.5–2.5 cm long, 1–1.5 cm wide, shining, green, concolorous; lateral veins faint, at 45°–50°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole channelled, 5–8 mm long. Umbels 3-flowered; peduncle absent or terete to 2 mm long; pedicels absent. Buds ovoid; operculum conical, 3–5 mm long, 3–6 mm wide; hypanthium campanulate, 3–5 mm long, 3–6 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical to campanulate, ribbed, 5–8 mm long, 5–9 mm wide; disc broad, descending; valves 3 or 4, level or just exserted.
Found in mountainous areas, onsteep exposed slopes and plateaus in alpine humus soil or peats, in low shrubcommunities.
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