Much-branched shrublet up to 50cm. Leaves are narrow with a pointed tip; flowers pink or cream-coloured in well-defined round heads, each flower with a woolly calyx, no petals.

Most species in the Thymelaeaceae family have a tough bark which tears into strips.

Latin: densus = dense; flos = flower: referring to the well-defined round heads of the flower clusters.

Greek: lachne = soft, woolly: referring to the woolly calyx.