Tree to 45 m tall, differing from subsp. globulus in the 3-flowered inflorescences and from subsp. pseudoglobulus in the sessile buds (to 1.7 cm long, 1.3 cm diam.), the placentae with 6(8) vertical rows of ovules, and fruit (to 1.7 cm long, 2 cm diam.), and from both in its non-coastal distribution. Flowers Jan.–Feb.
VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, VAlp. Widespread and common on the ranges north of the Great Dividing Range, from the upper Murray Valley to the Pyrenees, e.g. Shelley, Tawonga, Stanley, Mt Buller, Mt Samaria, Strathbogie, Redbank, Amphitheatre. South-east of the divide, towards Orbost, populations of intergrades with subsp. pseudoglobulus occur.
