Variable shrub to 1 m tall with thin, slightly angled branchlets. Leaves mostly broadest towards the tip,1.5-5 cm long,1-6 mm wide. Flowers terminal or in upper axils; irregular. Petals 5-12 mm long, pink to pale mauve.
NSW, Vic
A variable species with several horticultural habit and colour forms including prostrate plants and those with white (C. 'Alba' and C. 'White Star', c. 1981) or deep pink (C. 'Pink Blush', introduced c. 1988, C. 'Rubra') flowers.
Source: (2002). Rutaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Crowea exalata 'Bindelong Compact'
A compact form introduced by Plant Growers Australia in 1989.
Dwarf, compact shrub with deep pink, waxy flowers.
Found growing naturally at Green Cape and introduced by Austraflora 1979.