Darwinia micropetala

Erect shrub 30–50 cm high, wiry, open. Leaves grey-green, linear and triquetrous to obovate and concavo-convex, 2–3 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide; apex obtuse to mucronate; margins entire to minutely fimbriate. Flowers in compound corymbose heads, 2–4 in each partial head, borne in upper leaf axils; bracteoles white to pink, obovate, 2.5–3 mm long, keeled, mucronate, often early caducous; hypanthium 2–3 mm long, c. 1 mm diam., papillose between ribs; sepals and petals white, ovate-oblong, c. 1 mm long, entire; style 2–4 mm long, gently curved. Flowers mainly Oct.–Dec.