[3][4] Dicrastylis brunnea is a dense shrub, growing from 20 cm up to as much as 2 m high.

Its stems are roughly circular in cross section.

The calyx has five lobes (3.5–4 mm long), covered in dendritic hairs, and the white or cream corolla is 6–8 mm long, with no dots or stripes in its throat.

[5] It is found in the IBRA regions of Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, and Murchison.

[5] It was first described by Ahmad Abid Munir in 1978 as Dicrastylis brunnea.