Orites lancifolius

Stiff, erect to spreading, bushy shrub to c. 2 m high (often much lower in exposed positions); young branches sparsely hairy to glabrous. Leaves alternate, crowded, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 1–4 cm long, 3–10 mm wide, thick and leathery, usually entire, rarely with a few apical teeth, light green, veined on both surfaces, glabrous; apex subacute; margins thickened; petiole 2–5 mm long. Spikes mostly terminal, often a few in upper leaf-axils, 2–5 cm long, exceeding leaves, axis rusty-hairy; flowers sessile, in pairs subtended by a hairy caducous bract to c. 7 mm long; tepals 4–5 mm long, creamy white, glabrous; ovary hairy. Follicle 12–20 mm long, boat-shaped, leathery, hairy, grey or brownish; seeds 2 per follicle, to c. 20 mm long including wing. Flowers Nov.–Jan.