Erect, woody shrublet up to 50cm, or often forming mat-like growth. Leaves in 3's, up to 2cm long, spreading, linear and incurved; large flowers with downy, velvety sepals, green, tinged with reddish brown; lobes of corolla, tightly pressed together at tips, forming a hairy 'beak'.

A beautiful species, especially when seen in full bloom in sunlight!

Latin: lana = wool, lanuginosus = with woolly down, referring to the velvety sepals of this species.