The flowers are red, white and pale yellow with spreading lateral sepals and petals, all of which have thickened, club-like glandular tips.

[2][3][4] Caladenia heberleana was first described in 2001 by Stephen Hopper and Andrew Phillip Brown from a specimen collected in the Hassell National Park, and the description was published in Nuytsia.

[1] The specific epithet (heberleana) honours Ron Heberle, an orchid enthusiast.

[3] Heberle's spider orchid occurs between Augusta and Cape Arid in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions, where it usually grows in deep sandy soil in woodland.

[2][3][4][5][6] Caladenia heberleana is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.