This small shrub of about 1 metre has stout woolly branches and rounded dull green leaves. Its green flowers resemble a bird attached by its beak to the central stalk of the flowerhead. Flowering occurs from winter to spring, and sometimes in autumn. The fruit is a club-shaped pod, about 4-5cm long, which is swollen, hard and velvety. This plant is moderately common, occurring on unstable sand dunes in mulga communities.

Distribution of the Regal birdflower in Australia.