Grey stinkwood is usually a spindly, weeping tree up to 8 m tall, but it can also take the form of a shrub or groundcover. Like green stinkwood it is leafless and relies on branchlets for photosynthesis. The branchlets are grey-green in colour due to a dense covering of small silky hairs. The smaller stems divide frequently. It likes sandy soils, as on the Swan coastal plain, and is an excellent coloniser of disturbed land. Bright pea-shaped yellow and orange-red flowers are produced in spring and summer.
Ref: “Leaf and branch: trees and tall shrubs of Perth” by Robert Powell. Published by the Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation, 2009.