The rest of the labellum (representing the female "body" of the insect) is dark maroon in colour, glabrous and not swollen as in Drakaea glyptodon.

[3] The specific epithet (isolata) is a Latin word meaning "isolated" in reference to this species of hammer orchid being found well away from others.

[1] Lonely hammer orchid occurs near Pingrup[1] in the Mallee biogeographic region[4] where it grows in sand near a salt lake.

[5] The Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife classifies the species as "threatened"[4] meaning that it is considered likely to become extinct, or rare and in need of special protection.

The main threats to the species' survival are road and track maintenance, airborne dust, changes to groundwater levels and inappropriate fire regimes.