Obovate, orbicular, or oblanceolate leaves, about 3-13 per plant, form basal rosettes.

This species generally has one to four scapes and cymose inflorescences that are 9–30 cm long.

It has been reported as far south as Mount Surprise and even in southern New Guinea.

Its typical habitats are moist sand in Eucalyptus or Melaleuca communities, near creekbanks, or associated with sandstone landscapes.

Bean, in his 2000 taxonomic revision of Stylidium subgenus Andersonia, noted that this taxon is highly variable and that additional field work may reveal morphological and genetic differences significant enough to reveal additional species, similar to the work that resolved the S. graminifolium species complex.