Shrub to 3 m tall. Leaves decussate, linear to oblanceolate, 0.5-1.5 cm long,1-3 mm wide, broadly obtuse, gland-dotted below, faintly 3-nerved on both surfaces, stalkless. Flowers mostly at the base of lateral leafy stems, pink to purple, the spikes sometimes effectively male; late spring and summer. Stamens 10-20, base 0.5 mm long, free parts of filaments 3-5 mm long. Fruit capsule flask-shaped to spherical, eventually sunken in the swollen leafy stem.
SA, Vic.
Source: (2002). Myrtaceae. In: . 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.