Flowering occurs from June to November and is followed by fruit which is a broad, urn-shaped capsule, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long with the erect sepals attached.

The white form may encourage pollination by nocturnal moths, supplementing the less reliable visits by the honeyeaters in the more arid region,[6] The species was first formally described in 1839 by John Lindley, who gave it the name Salisia pulchella and published the description in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony.

[4] The species occurs at the granite outcrops of Western Australia, and amongst the most common shrubs of those features in the more arid wheatbelt and goldfields areas of the southwest region.

The species may assume a bonsai appearance as the aging sole resident of a minor flaw on the face of a granite outcrop.

[6] It grows over a widespread area in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison and Yalgoo biogeographic regions.