An often monocaulous sympodial shrublet usually under 1 m high, with leaves spaced along the upper parts of the stem; young parts slightly furfuraceous, but soon becoming glabrous. Leaves imparipinnate, with 3-4 pairs of leaflets (leaflets occasionally in threes) variable in size; petiole 2-7 cm, slightly channelled above with a short inconspicuous sheathing base; petiolules 2-8 mm; leaflets elliptic or ovate, 3-12 by 1.25-4 cm, chartaceous, apex attenuated or apiculate, base broadly to narrowly cuneate, margin entire, irregularly undulate (occasionally with isolated dentations) slightly revolute, midrib prominent. Inflorescence a small compound umbel; peduncle up to 8 cm, occasionally with a lateral or basal umbellule, ending in c. 2-3 primary rays (sometimes subtended by a reduced leaf); primary rays 1-2 cm; umbellules with c. 10-15 flowers on glabrous pedicels c. 3-6 mm long. Flower buds ovoid, obtuse. Calyx a rim with 4-5 broad undulations. Petals 4-5, broadly oblong, 4 mm long. Stamens 4-5, anthers 1 mm, filaments 3 mm. Ovary turbinate, 2 mm high, 2-celled, the fleshy disk rising to a conical stylopodium (1 mm long); stigmas 2, appressed at anthesis. Fruit ovoid, compressed, 5 by 4 mm, crowned by the persistent calyx and the prominent beak-like stylopodium; stigmas inconspicuous.
Primary submontane forest (Nothofagus, Castanopsis, and conifers), heath vegetation, or in open places, 1200-2000 m.
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