Shrub to 3 m tall. Bark corky. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, 5-12 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, veins 3-5, tip acute; stalk to 1.5 mm long. Flower heads more or less globular, to 2 cm wide; axis hairy; spring. Flowers pink to purple. Stamens 4-9 per bundle, base to 1mm long. Fruit globose, 5-7 mm wide, sepals not persistent.

SA, NSW, Vic, Tas.

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.