Perennial shrub to 1.5 m high, much branched, branches to 20 mm diam. Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, 20–30(–40) mm long, 10–18(–22) mm wide, acute or obtuse with a distinct mucro, dorsoventrally compressed, gradually tapering towards base, green, often with a red margin; petiole 0–4 mm long. Inflorescence a rounded thyrse. Flowers 5-merious; calyx-lobes broadly triangular, 1–2 mm long, acute; corolla white tinged pink, lobes elliptic-lanceolate, (5–)7–10 mm long, pointed and somewhat hooded, with a faint dorsal ridge, widely spreading; nectary scales transversely oblong, 0.2–0.5 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide; carpels oblong-reniform, with more than 8 ovules. Flowers Jun.–Aug.
VVP, GipP, WaP, CVU, HSF. Native to southern Africa, widely cultivated. Known from two collections, at Sandringham where growing on sandy coastal cliff, and from an embankment above Moonee Ponds Creek at Brunswick West.
