English: Narrow-leaf orites.
Name: the Greek oreites, meaning mountaineer
Genus: 9 species.
Region: Tasmania.
Habitat: sclerophyll heath and woodland, alpine and subalpine; rocky areas; better drained soil; dolerite and sedimentary substrates; extensive on mountain plateaus; altitude from 700 to 1300 m.
Ecology: infested by the seed parasite Symphygas nephaula.

BotanySmall to medium shrub; spreading or erect; woody; 0.5 to 1.5 m tall.
Stem: branching is dense.
Leaves: small; fairly blunt at the apex; tightly, strongly revolute margins; alternate; narrow; 7 to 20 mm long, 1 to 1.5 mm wide; hairy surface on the underside.
Inflorescence: terminal spikes.
Flowers: white to cream, with purple bee lines; blooming during summer; sour-scented; 5 mm long; actinomorphic; bisexual; 4 adnate stamens; superior ovary; corolla is valvate, tubular in bud and split at maturity.
Fruit: hairy follicle to 15 mm; containing winged seeds.
Pollination: by small to medium insects, bees
Seeds: numerous; wildfire stimulates their germination