Plant 65-135 cm tall. Basal leaves 5-8; lamina flat, 2-5.5 mm wide. Inflorescence paniculate; branches widely divergent with flowers in clusters of 3-5 mainly at top of inflorescence or branches slightly to widely divergent with flowers many together in 1 to several dense, corymbose or non-corymbose clusters; bracteoles opaque, blackish in centre, the veins obscure abaxially, the margins undifferentiated or very narrow, blackish, membranous; upper bracteole acute, reaching ¼-½ of flower. Flowers 11-16.5 mm long, blackish. Sepals ¾ to almost as long as petals. Stamens equal; anthers versatile, borne above middle of petals, 3-5 mm long. Style at anthesis usually exceeding anthers, occasionally as long as them, shorter than or exceeding petal tips.
Grows in open eucalypt forest and shrubland, in sandy soil, usually with underlying sandstone or granite.
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