Shrub 1–3 m high; stems glabrous. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, narrowly elliptic to linear, 4–25 mm long, 1–4 mm wide, concolorous, green, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal, but sometimes on a very short lateral branchlet, a compact head of 3–9 flowers; involucral bracts leaf-like, 2 or rarely 4, sessile, narrowly elliptic to ovate, 3–11 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, as long or longer than inflorescence, glabrous, green. Flowers unisexual, usually yellowish, glabrous inside and outside; floral tube in male flowers 1–3 mm long, in female flowers c. 3 mm long and style-portion poorly defined; sepals 1–2 mm long in males, c. 0.5 mm long in females; pedicel glabrous; stamens shorter than sepals; anthers opening laterally or somewhat laterally. Fruit red, succulent, naked, floral tube splitting irregularly near base. Flowers Sep.–Nov.
HSF, HNF, VAlp. Also NSW, ACT, Tas. Growing along mountain streams in a few isolated areas.
