It is a large, spreading shrub with leaves composed of three leaflets, and small flowers with four white petals.

Zieria collina is a spreading shrub with velvety hairs and which grows to a height of 3 m (10 ft).

[2][3] Zieria collina was first formally described in 1932 by Cyril Tenison White and the description was published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.

[1][4] The specific epithet (collina) is a Latin word meaning "of a hill".

[5] New South Wales Flora Online features a photo of the Herbarium Sheet.