Rhizome irregularly shaped, c. 1.5-6 cm diam.; roots fibrous. Leaves absent. Young stems usually sterile, much branched, ridged; ridges shortly, densely to sparsely hairy. Mature stems perennial, branched monopodially, 39-100 cm long, occasionally hirsute in lowest 2-5 cm. Umbels 2-7-flowered, terminal, additional umbels either sessile or shortly pedunculate below; pedicels 4-7 mm long, articulated near base, c. 11 mm long in fruit. Perianth segments 10-20 mm long. Sepals linear, 2-3.5 mm wide, mucronate. Petals elliptic, 5-7 mm wide; fimbriae 3-5 mm long. Stamens 6; anthers twisted, 3 outer 2.5-5.5 mm long, 3 inner 7-10 mm long and curved. Style curved, 8-11 mm long. Seeds ellipsoidal, c. 2 mm long, 1 mm diam.; aril orange.
Grows mainly in Jarrah-Marri (Eucalyptus marginata-E. calophylla ) forest and woodland in lateritic or loamy soils. In inland areas and in the eastern portion of the south coast, grows in sandplain vegetation with mallee eucalypts in yellowish sandy soils.
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