Leaf 60–120 × 2–3 mm. Inflorescence 100–150 mm tall. Spike 20–60 mm long, 2–10-flowered. Flowers widely spaced, 6–9 × 4–6 mm, greenish brown to purplish with white petals and white labellum, scented. Dorsal sepal 4–6 × 2 mm. Lateral sepals fused, each 5–6.5 × 1 mm, base humped. Petals 4–5.5 × 1 mm. Labellum narrowly oblong, 5.5–7 × 3 mm, sharply folded back on itself, tip often touching labellum base, margins crinkled. Callus green, papillate, ending just beyond labellum bend.
Localised, but often common; found growing in coastal and near-coastal heath, wallum and moist to wet grassy areas in open forest with a sparse understorey.