The rabbit orchid is a
tuberous
perennial herb growing to a height of , sometimes with one to three flowers. The leaf is
glabrous, variable in size and shape but mostly lance-shaped to broadly egg-shaped to oblong, long and wide. There are one to three small flowers, sometimes all white but more usually white, pink and red. The top
sepal at the back of the flower is about long, dark reddish, spoon-shaped and forms a hood over the
column. The back of the dorsal sepal has many
glandular hairs. The lower, lateral sepals are white or pink, wide in the middle, taper towards both ends and long. The
petals forming the "ears" are erect, purplish-red, very narrow linear in shape but club-shaped on the ends, long and have many glandular hairs. The central
labellum is white with pink or red markings, egg-shaped to almost circular, about long and has a short
claw. The labellum has 2 to 4 rows of
calli with large heads. The column is erect with wide wings and pink markings. The species flowers from August to November, much more prolifically after recent
bushfires, and delayed in some places until after rainfall. ==Taxonomy and naming==