Zieria aspalathoides

A shrub resembling a heath-plant, growing to a height of 1.5 metres by 1.5 metres wide.

It is found in inland areas of NSW, over most of the western slopes, extending into the tablelands and south-western plains. It grows as far north as north-west of Cairns in Queensland (where it grows closer to the coast), extending south to around Griffith and Wagga Wagga in NSW, with a disjunction to a few records in Central Victoria.

It grows in dry sclerophyll forest and heath, often on sandy soils and amongst rocks.

The branches have ridges and are scaly or hairy, at least when young.

Zieria spp. have leaves arranged in opposite pairs, compound with three leaflets (tri-foliolate) or one leaflet (uni-foliolate). When tri-foliolate, the leaflets are often similar in shape with the middle leaflet often larger, and with leaves usually strongly odorous, green to grey-green.
In this species, leaves are tri-foliolate with three linear to lanceolate leaflets, to 8 mm long and to 1.5 mm wide. With such dimensions, the foliage appears to be in whorls of six leaves. The upper surface of each leaflet is darker green compared to the lower surface.

Zieria spp. have flowers arranged in groups (cymose clusters) in the leaf axils and have four sepals joined at the base and four petals, alternating with the sepals. There are four stamens and four fused carpels.
In this species. flowers are pale to deep pink, arranged in clusters of mostly three, with clusters extending beyond the leaves, occurring from late winter to early summer.

Zieria have a fruit described as a schizocarp-capsule which splits into segments called cocci (singular coccus). Fruit generally have four cocci, each containing one or two seeds. In this species the fruit contain one or two seeds, are hairless and have an appendage (elaisome).