Shrub or small tree mostly to 3 m tall but sometimes much higher. Leaves alternate, crowded, ovate, 3-10 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, pointed, stalkless. Flower spike dense, bottlebrush-like, 5-10 cm long. Flowers white or pink; spring to early summer. Stamen filaments 7-11 per bundle. Fruit capsule about 4 mm wide with calyx lobes persistent.

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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.