The leaves overlap each other and are arranged alternately along the branches, thick, erect, elliptic to egg-shaped, usually with 1 or 2 pairs of large teeth on the edges, each of which has a sharp point.

[2][3] The species was first formally described by Robert Chinnock in 2007 and the description was published in Eremophila and Allied Genera: A Monograph of the Plant Family Myoporaceae.

[2][3][4] This eremophila grows in skeletal soils on the lower slopes of Mount Beadell and the Alfred and Marie Range[2][3] in the Gibson Desert biogeographic region.

[5] Eremophila viscimarginata is classified as "Priority One" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife,[5] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk.

[6] This eremophila is rarely seen in cultivation but its sepals add to the horticultural potential of the species because they are colourful and remain on the plant after the lilac-coloured petals have fallen.