[1] This plant was previously classified as Agonis angustifolia but is now part of the Taxandria genus.

The shrub has an erect an often dense form, it typically grows to a height of 3 metres (10 ft).

The species is distinguished from other members of the genera by the leaves which are typically 10 to 23 millimetres (0.39 to 0.91 in) long and are distinctly concave above and convex below.

[2] Often found in swamps, along creeks in verges it has a limited distribution, confined to a small area in the Great Southern region centred around Albany extending from West Cape Howe to Cheyne Beach[2] to where it grows in sandy or loam soils around granite.

[1] First formally described by the botanist Johannes Conrad Schauer in 1844 as part of Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's work Plantae Preissianae The plant was subsequently reclassified to T. angustifolia in a 2007 revision by Wheeler and Marchant into the new genus Taxandria.