Shrub or small tree to 6 m tall, lacking lignotubers. Branches widely spreading; young branches minutely tomentose or silky. Leaves with petiole 2-4 mm long; lamina variable, ovate, oblong-spathulate to linear, 6-24 mm long, 3-7 mm wide, obtuse, glabrous above, densely white-or rusty brown-velvety below; margin entire, narrowly revolute. Conflorescence (6-) 7-flowered; inner bracts weak, widely spreading, yellow, brown, or purple. Flowers zygomorphic, spreading, possibly fragrant. Perianth 45-55 mm long, yellow, pale yellow-orange or orange to scarlet, often dark on limb, dilated in middle, glabrous; abaxial suture deepest. Hypogynous glands 4, free (rarely 2 fused). Style glabrous to sparsely pilose. Fruit asymetrically ovoid, 8-10 mm long, 6-8 mm wide; beak 2-5 mm long; sides smooth or minutely fissured. Seeds 2, asymmetrically cuneate, c. 8 mm long, c. 5 mm wide, with a very narrow, annular wing.
Grows in a variety of soils, including coastal dunes, sand over limestone or laterite, and sandy loam. Associated vegetation is predominantly kwongan, mallee, and low woodland.
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