The diffuse, spreading, multi-stemmed and pungent shrub typically grows to a height of 0.15 to 0.5 metres (0.5 to 1.6 ft).

The seed pods resemble a string of beads and have a length of up to 5 cm (2.0 in) and a width of 4 to 5 mm (0.16 to 0.20 in).

the pods contain dull dark brown seeds with an elliptic shape that are 4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in) long.

[1] It is native to an area along the coast in the South West and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in gravelly lateritic clay-loam and sandy soils.

[2] The bulk of the population is found on the south coast between Mid Mount Barren near Ravensthorpe in the west and Young River in the east[1] with an isolated population found on the west coast around Busselton.