A small shrub with aromatic foliage and white flowers, turning red as they mature.

The light green needle-like leaves are small, smooth, almost cylindrical and 8–16 mm (0.31–0.63 in) long.

[3][4][5][6] Darwinia fascicularis was first formally described by Edward Rudge in 1816 and published in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.

Darwinia fascicularis grows from as far north as Gosford in the Central Coast to Bulli near Wollongong.

The habitat is poor sandy soils, in dry eucalyptus forest or heathlands in high rainfall areas.