Evening-flowering, spreading to more or less upright perennial to nearly 50 cm tall. Leaves lanceolate, 2.5-10 cm long, entire. Flowers several, petals 2.5-5 cm long, yellow but reddening with age. Fruit capsule 5-7.5 cm long with 4 wings. Syn. O. macrocarpa Pursh.

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Source: Waldron, M.; Spencer, R. (2002). Fuchsia. 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.