Dwarf shrub, erect to spreading. Leaves linear mostly 1-3 cm long, 4 mm wide, ridged below with no undersurface visible. Flowers more or less stalkless, common stalk sometimes to 2 cm long. Sepals 0.5-1 cm long. Petals obovate, about 1 cm long, stamens in a cluster to one side of the sepals; spring. Carpels 2, hairy. [H. stricta (DC.) F. Muell.]

SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Dilleniaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.