Plant with extending leafy stems forming dense mats up to 30 cm diam. Leaves concavo-convex to semiterete, not or scarcely twisted or recurved, usually 2.5-3.5 cm long, 1-2 mm wide, glaucous; apex acuminate, almost pungent; sheath margins abruptly narrowed at top, intact, white to golden brown, developing a reddish line along junction with leaf base. Male inflorescence subsessile, ±equalling leaves, or rarely scape exposed above leaf bases for c. 5 mm; rachis branched or unbranched, 1-2.5 cm long, usually shorter than leaves. Female inflorescence 5-7 mm diam.; scape not exposed. Bracts and flowers as in Lomandra obliqua .