Shrub ±erect, 1-2 m tall. Leaves entire, narrowly obovate to oblong-elliptic, 1-2 cm long, 3-6 mm wide; margins shortly recurved to almost flat; upper surface pubescent to villous, granulose to scabrous; lower surface loosely tomentose to loosely villous. Conflorescence usually terminal, erect, usually simple, a loose 1-4-flowered cluster, basipetal; floral rachis 1-2 mm long, tomentose. Flowers acroscopic. Flower colour: perianth bichromatic, green basally, pinkish red or occasionally white to cream apically; style green. Perianth openly tomentose outside, bearded inside at or below level of ovary and glabrous or with a few appressed hairs above; tepals with apiculum 1.5-2 mm long; limb of bud caudate. Pistil 25-27 mm long; ovary sessile, villous; style loosely villous; pollen-presenter lateral. Follicle ovoid to obloid-ellipsoidal, 15-18 mm long, pubescent to loosely villous, faintly ridged; style persistent, sharply basally inflexed.
Grows in dry sclerophyll forest or woodland, usually near creek lines, in sandy or loam soils over deep sands or sandstone.
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