Most are low shrubs with leaves that are paler on the lower surface, tube-shaped flowers and with the fruit a drupe.

Plants in the genus Stenanthera are mainly low shrubs with leaves that are paler on the lower surface where the veins are almost parallel to palmate.

There are bracts and bracteoles and the base of the flower and the petals are joined to form a more or less cylindrical tube.

[2] The genus Stenanthera was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.

[14][15] Stenantheras are difficult to grow and maintain in a garden but S. pinifolia can be propagated from cuttings and grown in well-drained soil in a semi-shaded position.