Perennial herb with prostrate and ascending or erect stems to 20 cm high; young stems, petioles and peduncles with appressed or erect hairs. Leaves circular to elliptic or ovate; base cuneate; margin with 1–6 teeth on each side; apex rounded or with a blunt tooth; glabrous on both sides or with varying indumentum. Male flowers 2–4 (rarely 1 or 5), c. 2 mm diam., perianth densely pubescent to almost glabrous. Female flowers 1–20; perianth c. 1–1.5 mm long, symmetric, slightly flattened, with 4 more or less marked ridges, pubescent or almost glabrous.
Entwisle, T.J. (1996). Australina. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 84–85. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
