It is native to an area in the South West and Peel regions of Western Australia.

The heads have a globular shape that is sometimes obloid with a diameter of 4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in) composed of 12 to 21 flowers.

Following flowering it will form green, glabrous narrowly-oblong seed pods with a length of 1 to 4.5 cm (0.4 to 1.8 in) and 5 to 9 mm (0.20 to 0.35 in) wide.

[2] The species was first formally described by the botanist Heinrich Wendland in 1819 as part of the work Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitund.

[3] There are five varieties: The plant is found in wet areas, near such as around streams and rivers, also on flats and ridges, hills and among granite outcrops[1] in south western Western Australia from around Bindoon and Mogumber in the north around the coast to Augusta in the south and Manypeaks.