Neobassia astrocarpa (F.Muell.) A.J.Scott

Small shrub with short silky pubescence. Leaves semiterete, 5–15 mm long, c. 1.5 mm diam., often recurved at apex or sigmoid. Perianth shortly silky-pubescent outside, shortly lobed. Ovary glabrous. Fruiting perianth cylindrical, c. 3 mm long, 1 mm diam., crustaceous to thinly woody, truncate or slightly sunken at base, often somewhat expanded at apex; spines slender, half to three-quarters length of tube (if shorter then ± erect), spreading, shortly united at base by a saucer-shaped rim.

Grows in saline soil.