It is endemic to Western Australia where it occurs "from Shark Bay to Perth, in open forest and heath in sandy soil".

[5] It flowers from March to October[5] in axillary spikes up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long, the corolla is bearded, and white with brownish veins.

[1] It grows in the IBRA regions: Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, and Yalgoo.

A term applied to hairy surfaces” (Lindley[6]); “hoary with gray pubescence” (Fernald 1950[7]); becoming gray, grayish; in mosses, hoary due to the collective hyaline hair points on the apices of leaves.[8]S.

[2] A holotype (W0047196) was collected by von Hügel at King Georges Sound, and is kept at Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Botanische Abteilung (W).