Rhizome short, thick, c. 3-4 cm long, 1.5-2 cm diam.; roots fibrous. Leaves annual, ±linear, to 15 cm long, shortly hirsute on margins and ridges of lower surface, withering before flowering. Stem perennial, stiff, leafless, several times dichotomously branched, to 40 cm long, ridged, with short, somewhat recurved hairs on ridges. Umbels 1-or 2-flowered; pedicels 4-6 mm long, articulated ±medianly. Perianth segments c. 13 mm long. Sepals broadly linear-lanceolate, 3 mm wide, mucronate. Petals elliptic, 5-5.5 mm wide; fimbriae 4-4.5 mm long. Stamens 6; anthers equal, 8 mm long. Style curved, 7 mm long. Seeds not seen.
Grows in sandplain vegetation with mallee eucalypts, or in eucalypt woodland, usually in sandy or sandy-loam soils.
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