Erect or ascending shrub to 2 m high, somewhat viscid, glabrous; young stems ribbed. Leaves ovate to elliptic, 3–8 cm long, 1–4 cm wide, acute, minutely glandular, margins toothed; petiole to c. 3 cm long. Inflorescences terminal or axillary thyrses or racemes to c. 5 cm long; peduncles to c. 3 cm long; pedicels articulate, to c. 8 mm long; bracteoles linear, 1.5–6 mm long. Sepals linear to lanceolate, 3–11 mm long; corolla 10–19 mm long, pubescent inside, yellow, abaxial lobes 5–7 mm long, wings 1–2.5 mm wide; indusium depressed-obovate; ovules to c. 40. Fruit cylindric, 8–12 mm long, valves entire; seeds elliptic, c. 2 mm long, with a very narrow wing, pale brown to whitish, shiny, tuberculate. Flowers mainly Oct.–Mar.
MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, HFE, VAlp. Also SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Widespread and locally very common in a wide range of habitats, particularly in moist montane forests. Absent from mallee and alpine areas.
