[6][5] The leaves are alternate, narrowly cylindrical[5] and covered with a mixture of dendritic (tree-like structure) and simple hairs.

[5][6][8] In Victoria, it is found in the far north-west: Mildura, Red Cliffs, Lake Culluleraine and Kerang-Swan Hill.

[8] In New South Wales it is found in the subdivisions: NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP.

[6] It was first described by Bentham in 1870 as Kochia pyramidata,[3][9] with the type said to have been collected on the Lachlan River by Alan Cunningham in sand hill country.

[3][2] The specific epithet, pyramidata, refers to the pyramidal shape of the centre of the fruit.