Guichenotia intermedia is a small, upright, spreading shrub to high, wide and new growth covered in white star-shaped hairs. The leaves are linear shaped, long, wide, upper and lower surfaces covered densely with white star-shaped hairs, margins rolled under and rounded at the apex. The flowers are borne in clusters of two or three, in diameter on a
peduncle long and the petals are dark red up to long. The
calyx are mauve-pink, lobes long, joined halfway, inner surface has star-shaped hairs, outer surface has white star-shaped hairs and the
pedicel long. The green
bracts are at the base of each pedicel, oval-shaped, long and wide. Flowering occurs in May or July to August and the fruit is woody, thin and in diameter. ==Taxonomy and naming==