Its leaves are elliptic in shape, dished and 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long, becoming shorter and broader near the flowering parts at the top.

The petals are white, broadly egg-shaped to almost round, about 1.5 mm (0.06 in) long, with a finely toothed edge.

It occurs throughout the south-west from as far north as Mount Adams to as far east as Point Culver and as far inland as Boorabbin National Park.

[2] Verticordia eriocephala is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife,[5] however its number are decreasing due to illegal harvesting of flowers from wild plants.

Established plants are hardy and frost tolerant but are killed by pruning when the entire flowering head is cut below the foliage.