Beyeria cockertonii Halford & R.J.F.Hend.

Erect shrub to 0.25 m high, resinous on most parts. Young branchlets ± angular, sparsely hairy; hairs simple. Leaves narrowly oblong to linear, 5–8 mm long, 0.8–1.2 mm wide; apex rounded to truncate, slightly recurved; abaxial surface densely hairy with appressed, simple hairs up to 1 mm long. Flowers axillary, pedicellate, solitary; pedicels 1–3 mm long (♂), 1–1.5 mm long (♀), ± glabrous or with a few minute hairs proximally. Male flowers: receptacle 0.8–1.1 mm across, stellate hairy; stamens 10–16. Female flowers: calyx lobes ovate to broadly ovate, c. 1.3 mm long; ovary glabrous, 3-locular; stigma 3-lobulate. Fruit ± ellipsoid, 3–4 mm long, glabrous, smooth; persistent calyx lobes c. one third of fruit length.

Grows in mallee-heath on shallow rocky clay soils on hill slopes and hilltops.