Nematolepis phebalioides, is a small, spreading shrub with ascending branches covered in scales, smooth, glossy leaves and pendulous, red tubular flowers with yellow or green tips, flowering from March to December.

The leaves are on ascending branches on a short petiole, elliptic to broadly elliptic shaped, about 15 mm (0.59 in) long, leathery, smooth, glossy on the upper surface, grey scales on underside and rounded at the apex.

The dry fruit capsule is about 5 mm (0.20 in) high, square, finely wrinkled and ending in a short triangular point.

[5][6] Nematolepis phebalioides is endemic to the south coast of Western Australia from Dumbleyung and east to Israelite Bay.

It grows in loam, clay, coastal limestone, sand dunes and on lateritic hills and in mallee thickets.