(Mallee) or tree, to 15 m high, bark rough persistent, fibrous-flaky or smooth, grey-brown over copper with a rough basal stocking. Fl. white, Jul to Dec or Jan to Feb. Red-brown or rocky loam, sand, sandy clay, laterite, dolerite, granite. Near outcrops, flats, rises, slopes, hilltops, near salt lakes, along drainage lines.