It has grass-like leaves that are greyish green growing in a clump and a succession of short-lived deep yellow flowers on a zip-zag stalk.

It has grass-like leaves that are greyish green growing in a clump and a succession of short-lived deep yellow flowers with 6 petals on a zip-zag stalk.

Solenomelus pedunculatus grows at low altitude in interior valleys of coastal mountains (500 – 2000 m).

During dry summers the leaves die back much like Sisyrinchium bellum, but return when it starts raining in the autumn.

S. pedunculatus prefers some shadow and protection against direct sunlight from vegetation, filtering about 20 - 80% of light.