It is a small, upright shrub with narrow leaves and sweetly-perfumed, golden-yellow flowers which do not change colour as they age.

[2] Verticordia endlicheriana was first formally described by Johannes Conrad Schauer in 1844 and the description was published in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.

[1][3] The epithet "angustifolia" is from the Latin word meaning "narrow-leaved" referring to the leaves near the flowers, compared to those of the other varieties of this species.

angustifolia is classified as "Priority Three" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife[4] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.

[5] The pine-like foliage and brightly coloured perfumed flowers of this variety have encouraged attempts to cultivate it and some specimens have grown in gardens for up to 4 years.