The dorsal sepal is about 3 mm (0.1 in) long and with the slightly shorter petals forms a hood over the column.

The labellum has a notched tip and thickened edges with small teeth and there are two comma-shaped calli at its base.

[3][4][5] Microtis media was first formally described by Robert Brown in 1810 and the description was published in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.

[4] The common mignonette orchid is found between Shark Bay and the Eyre Bird Observatory.

media is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.