Variable spreading or erect shrub to about 1 m tall. Leaves linear, oblong to obovate, 1.5-4 mm long, to 1 mm wide, stalkless, margins with short hairs. Flowers in terminal clusters; spring to early summer. Petals white or pink. Stamens 5. Fruit with woody persistent sepals.

SA, NSW, Vic.

Green (1983).

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.