Glossostigma elatinoides is a terrestrial or aquatic, perennial, mat-forming herb. The leaves are green, occasionally sparsely hairy, long, wide, elliptic to egg-shaped, base narrows abruptly or gradually into the long, sometimes whitish
petiole and a distinct mid vein on lower surface. The
corolla is two-lipped, blue-mauve, long,
pedicels upright, long,
calyx long and green. Flowering occurs from December to May and the fruit is an oval-shaped capsule. ==Taxonomy==