Young twigs, buds, stipules, petioles, and leaf beneath persistently shortly yellowish buff scabrid pubescent; leaf above fugaceous flocculent tomentose. Twig c. 2 mm ø towards apex, slender, terete. Bud to 3 by 2 mm, ovoid-conical, obtuse. Stipule to 5 by 2 mm, lorate, obtuse; acumen to 1 cm long; nerves 9-12 pairs, unraised above, slender but prominent beneath, at 65°-80°; midrib hardly raised above, prominent beneath; tertiary nerves scalariform, obscure above, slightly raised beneath; petiole 8-15 mm long. Panicle to 12 cm long, terete or angular, densely shortly persistently ocherous scabrid tomentose, terminal or axillary but confined to young twigs; singly (if axillary) or doubly (if terminal) branched, branchlets to 6 cm long; bracteoles to 3 by 1 mm, elliptic, sparsely pubescent. Flowers distichous; flower buds to 8 by 2 mm, ellipsoid; calyx densely shortly ocherous-grey pubescent; petals narrowly oblong, obtuse, sparsely pubescent outside, glabrescent within; appendage to connective short, erect, exceeding apex of anther; style columnar, longer than ovary; flowers otherwise typical. Fruit pedicel and calyx sparsely buff pubescent, nut densely scabridly so. Pedicel to 3 mm long, slender; 2 longer calyx lobes to 6.5 by 1.5 cm, lorate to spatulate, obtuse; 3 shorter lobes to 15 by 6 mm, ovate, acute, slightly recurved. Nut to 9 by 7 mm, ovoid, subacute.
Heath forest on shallow podsols, terraces, plateaux and cuestas, coastal areas and dry ridges to 700 m.
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