Soda stocksii is a sturdy, glabrous or pruinose shrub 25–80 cm tall, its branches are prostrate or ascending.

Fruiting, the perianth segments develop spreading brown wings, circa 6 mm in diameter.

Seidlitzia stocksii is pollinated by small wild bees (Hymenoptera), that were observed to collect pollen (see photo).

Seidlitzia stocksii is distributed in Afghanistan, Pakistan and West India (Punjab, Rajasthan), where it grows on sandy or loamy saline soils (halophyte) and limestone hills.

The ash of this plant is used as substitute of soap for cleaning clothes and is also taken with water for treatment of internal ulcers.