Shrub 1–3 m high. Stems glabrous. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, narrowly elliptic, glabrous, concolorous, medium green; lamina 4–20 mm long, 1–3.5 mm wide. Inflorescence terminal, compact, 3–9-flowered; involucral bracts 2 or rarely 4, sessile, narrowly elliptic to ovate, 3–11 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, as long or longer than inflorescence, green. Flowers glabrous, usually yellowish; pedicel glabrous. Male flowers: hypanthium 1–3 mm long; sepals 1–2 mm long. Female flowers: hypanthium 2.5–3 mm long, splitting irregularly near base in fruit, style-portion poorly defined; sepals c. 0.5 mm long; ovary glabrous. Mature fruit succulent, naked.
In the northeast it occurs in the Great Dividing Range, mainly at altitudes of 750–1500 m; elsewhere recorded at low altitudes, often associated with watercourses.
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