This perennial herb species is considered to be a salt-tolerant desert species (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Böer and Saenger 2006, Norton et al. 2009). It has a woody base, can grow up to 50 cm in height, has triangular leaves with tufts of white hair, in addition to flowers which are present between August and September (Jongbloed et al. 2003). This plant typically grows within coastal sands and inland sandy desert (Jongbloed et al. 2003).