Capillipedium spicigerum is a tufted perennial bunchgrass, without stolons or rhizomes.

The culms, or stems of the grass grow to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) in height and have hairy nodes.

[2] The inflorescence of the plant, or the collections of flowers, are a purplish open panicle, 10–20 cm (3.9–7.9 in) long with short racemes on slender branches.

[3] A close relative to Capillipedium spicigerum seems to be C. mistryi A. P. Tiwari & Landge from India.

[6] Capillipedium spicigerum is found on lower fertility soils of roadsides, native pastures and woodlands[3] of Queensland, New South Wales, and the Northern Territory.