Deciduous shrub to about 3 m tall with arching branches felted at first. Leaves more or less ovate, 9 cm long, 3 cm wide, narrow, elliptic, margin finely toothed becoming red in autumn. Flowers fragrant, in erect felted spikes, cream; summer.

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Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Grossulariaceae. 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.