Tussock dense, 30-45 cm diam., of numerous short, slender shoots. Leaves erect or spreading, plano-convex to semiterete, c. 12-35 cm long, 0.5-0.8 mm wide, glaucous; apex acuminate; sheath margins gradually narrowed at top, intact, rather firm, white to pale yellow. Male inflorescence much shorter than leaves; scape concealed by leaf sheaths or exposed up to 2.5 cm; rachis with 1 or few branches 1.5-7 cm long. Female inflorescence 6-10 mm diam.; scape exposed up to 1 cm. Bracts and flowers as in Lomandra obliqua .