The inner surface of the bundles is glabrous but the outer face in covered with long hairs.

[4][5] The specific epithet (puberula) is a Latin word meaning "downy".

[6] In 1876, Ferdinand von Mueller described Beaufortia interstans in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae,[7][8] but that name is considered to be a synonym.

[3] Hairy beaufortia grows in sand, sometimes with laterite or loam and occurs near Merredin, Katanning and Southern Cross in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

[2][9] Beaufortia puberula is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.