Podelepis capillaris, the wiry podolepis, is a hardy small herb endemic to inland and central Australia, it produces a thin stem and a white flower with purple strips underneath each petal.

[3] Podelepis capillaris, sometimes referred to as an invisible plant is a wiry many branched annual herb that can grow up to 45 cm high.

Podelepis capillaris can be differentiated from other species in the genus Podolepis by it having mostly white flowers, often with a purple line on the underside.

It grows most often in deep inland sands or shallow soils on hill lines, with tolerance for saline conditions.

In this system the flowers are such that the stamens form a tube around immature style, with their pollen surfaces facing inwards.

This achieved by the fine hairs that hold the released pollen curling down towards that stamen at the closing stages of the plants cycle.