It has smooth branchlets covered with silvery scales, more or less cylindrical leaves with silvery scales on the lower side and pale to bright yellow flowers arranged in umbels of between three and eight on the ends of branchlets.

The leaves are more or less cylindrical or bluntly triangular in cross-section, about 15 mm (0.59 in) long and 1 mm (0.039 in) wide, glabrous on the upper surface and covered with silvery or rust-coloured scales on the lower surface.

The five sepals are 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long, joined for half their length and covered with rust-coloured scales on the outside.

[5][6] This phebalium grows on sandy and gravelly soils and is found between Dalwallinu, Menzies, Katanning and the Cape Arid National Park in Western Australia.

[2][4][7] This phebalium is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.