It grows as a sprawling shrub up to 1 metre (3 ft) high, often with basal shoots arising from an underground lignotuber.

Flowers occur in dome shaped heads up to 4 centimetres (2 in) across, attached directly to an older stem, or on a short stalk.

The styles are hooked rather than straight, and are initially trapped inside the upper perianth parts, but break free at anthesis.

It occurs only within the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic region,[6] between Kulin, Lake Magenta, Frank Hann National Park and Hyden.

It prefers lateritic and other heavy soils, and tolerates dry conditions and moderate frosts once established.

Tony Cavanagh and Margaret Pieroni suggest that it would be best suited to a small garden in a warm sunny area.