Small to very large shrub 0.5–3 m high; stems with raised glabrous lines decurrent from petiole bases; leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, (2.5–)4–10.5(–12) mm wide, entire or rarely serrate, almost glabrous to sparsely or densely pubescent, glabrescent. Corolla red, more rarely yellow, glandular-pubescent or rarely glabrous outside. Fruit ovoid or subglobular, 7.5–9 mm long, 6.6–8.5 mm diam. Flowers mainly Jul.–Dec.
LoM, MuM, Wim, VRiv, RobP, MuF, GGr. Widespread in north-west Victoria in woodland and mallee communities.