Slender shrub, up to 1 m high, stems eventually decumbent. Leaves discolorous, upper surface dark green, lower surface silvery-glaucous, > (90-)110 mm long, often congested near base of peduncle, ultimate segments prominently pinnatisect or 2-or 3-sect, lobes linear. Flowers yellow. Flowering time mainly Jan. Fruit 5.0-6.5 mm long, outline elliptic, marginal wings relatively narrow; commissural vittae broad.
Like N. tenuifolium but shrubs only up to 1 m high, branches becoming decumbent, leaves discolorous, silvery and glaucous below, leaflets often more finely dissected, peduncle long and usually branched, umbels with < 20 rays. Fruit elliptic, > 5 mm long.