It is a prostrate shrub or creeper with trifoliate leaves and orange-pink to red flowers with a yellow centre.

Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a flattened pod 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long.

[2][3] Kennedia glabrata was first formally described in 1836 by John Lindley in Edwards's Botanical Register.

[2][3] Kennedia glabrata is listed as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and as "Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant)" under the Western Australian Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

The main threats to the species include weed invasion, grazing pressure, disturbance by feral pigs and dieback caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi.