It is a densely-branched shrub with sharply-pointed oblong leaves, and pendent, tube-shaped white flowers in pairs in upper leaf axils.

Flowering occurs from August to October and the fruit is a glabrous, egg-shaped to elliptic drupe 3.0–5.3 mm (0.12–0.21 in) long.

[3][4] In 1916, Maiden and Betche transferred the species to the genus Styphelia as S. fletcheri in A Census of New South Wales Plants.

[2][5][8] Subspecies fletcheri grows in woodland and shrubland, but is restricted to the area between St Albans and Annangrove in north-western Sydney.

The main threats to the subspecies include habitat loss and fragmentation, inappropriate fire regimes and weed invasion.