cinerea Munir Dicrastylis exsuccosa subsp.

[4] Dicrastylis exsuccosa is a shrub 0.3 to 1.5 m high which grows on sand-dunes and plains.

The opposite leaves are 1 to 10 cm long and about 1 to 2 cm wide, covered with dendritic hairs, and having smooth edges[5] The stem cross-section is roughly circular.

The flower has five stamens and a five-lobed calyx, with a corolla which is white or cream.

[5] It was first described by Mueller in 1858 as Pityrodia exsuccosa,[6][7] and in 1917, was placed in the genus, Dicrastylis, by Druce.