Erect shrub to 8 m tall. Leaves narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, leathery, 3-7 cm long, 9-15 mm wide, tip sharply pointed, lateral veins faint, surfaces mostly conspicuously and densely gland-dotted. Flower spike 3-7 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide but generally about 3.5 cm wide; spring to summer. Filaments cream to yellow. Fruit 4-6 mm wide.

Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas.

SPECIMENS TAS: Devonport (W of Wrenwood Dr.); Ringarooma (Power Station Rd).

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Myrtaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.