Small tree or mallee, 2-10 m tall. Bark smooth to rough throughout but generally with a rough base. Juvenile leaves stalked, opposite at first, becoming alternate, ovate. Adult leaves dull, lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, pale to grey-green, leathery. Leaf stalk thick, flattened, 1.5-2.5 cm long. Flowers axillary, in 3s, common stalk angular or flattened, to mostly 1 cm long, individual flowers more or less stalkless, buds ovoid to roundish, pink, 1-2 cm long. Fruits 1-2 cm wide, cup-shaped with a thick rim and 4-5 valves to rim level.

SA (S Mt Lofty Ranges, Kangaroo Island).

Flower buds large, round, often pink.

Source: Spencer, R.; Rule, K. (2002). Eucalyptus. 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.