Slender climber with stems to c. 4 m long; stems finely hairy, particularly when young. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 3–12 cm long, 2–8 mm wide, thick, slightly fleshy, apex acute, base cuneate, margins flat, both surfaces finely hairy, rarely glabrous, midvein prominent and channelled above, secondary veins obscure; glands 1–5 at base of midvein, minute, rarely absent; petiole 2–15 mm long. Inflorescences usually 6–19-flowered; peduncles mostly 3–15 mm long. Pedicels 3–15 mm long; sepals ovate, 2.5–4 mm long, free almost to base, pubescent; corolla 6–8 mm long, glabrous, white to yellow, tube glabrous inside, lobes obtuse, 3–4 mm long, erect or incurved. Follicles ovoid to obloid, 4–10 cm long, 2.5–3.5 cm wide, smooth, hoary, thick-walled; seeds 5–8 mm long, c. 4 mm wide, coma hairs 2–4 cm long. Flowers late spring–summer.
MuM, MSB, RobP, MuF. Also WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW. In Victoria, confined to the far north-west where occasional in dry woodland and scrubland, often near watercourses.