It has a single tubular, green leaf and up to thirty small, greenish-brown flowers with a white labellum.

The labellum is sharply turned back on itself so that its tip almost reaches its base.Prasophyllum brevilabre is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single tube-shaped leaf up to 350 mm (10 in) long with the free part 20–80 mm (0.8–3 in) long.

[2][3][4][5] The short-lip leek orchid was first formally described in 1840 by John Lindley who gave it the name Prasophyllum lutescens var.

[9]: 487 Prasophyllum brevilabre occurs in south-eastern Queensland, the coastal New South Wales and sometimes as far inland as Mount Kaputar, in the higher rainfall areas of Victoria and is widespread in Tasmania.

It grows in a variety of habitats from coastal heath to forest, sometimes in subalpine regions.