It can have a straggly or spindly habit with multiple stems. Plants become straggly and untidy with age, so should be pruned when young. The erect, glabrous, spinescent and straggly shrub typically grows to a height of . The diffuse, straggly and pungent shrub typically grows to a height of . The rounded or straggly shrub or tree typically grows to a height of . It is a sometimes straggly shrub with velvety leaves composed of three leaflets. "Alchornea floribunda" is a large, straggly shrub that grows into a bush about tall. It is a small, straggly, prostrate to semi-prostrate shrub with purple flowers and star-shaped fruit. The straggly shrub typically grows to a height of . The straggly and spreading shrub typically grows to a height of . The shrub typically grows to a height of and has a straggly open habit. The shrub has an open straggly habit and typically grows to height of . Cutting back after flowering prevents plants from becoming straggly. "Calothamnus pachystachyus" is an erect, often straggly shrub growing to a height of . "Regelia megacephala" is an erect, straggly shrub which grows to a height of .