Tussocks narrow, c. 20 cm diam. Leaves almost flat to slightly concave or rolled, c. 10-20 cm long, 1-2 mm wide, glabrous or margins slightly scaberulous; apex irregularly and minutely 3-pointed; sheath margins lacerated only in age, conspicuous, white. Male and female inflorescences almost identical, branched, 1-3 cm long; scape hidden by leaf bases; flowers separate but congested. Bracts conspicuous, usually attenuate, enclosing pedicel and often the flower; inner bract smaller. Male and female flowers similar; males as in Lomandra cylindrica but subsessile or with pedicel up to 5 mm long; females with pedicel up to 1 mm long.
Grows in grassland, sometimes rocky areas, railway reserves and cultivation areas, on heavy soils.