The top sepal at the back of the flower is about 11 mm (0.4 in) long, dark reddish, spoon-shaped and forms a hood over the column.

The petals forming the "ears" are erect, purplish-red, very narrow linear in shape but club-shaped on the ends, 16–30 mm (0.6–1 in) long and have many glandular hairs.

The central labellum is white with pink or red markings, egg-shaped to almost circular, about 7 mm (0.3 in) long and has a short claw.

[7] It was first formally described by Robert Brown and the description was published in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.

[7] Rabbit orchid forms colonies using vegetative reproduction in a range of soil types in heath, scrub or forest, mainly in damp areas.