These plants all make clumps of tough, stiff leaves, long, narrow and pointed at the tip. The flower stems reach above the leaves, and carry sprays of fairly small flowers, white in most species. A group of them can make a useful architectural statement, as they are evergreen.

Libertia peregrinans is an interesting plant from New Zealand, with its airy sprays of white flowers contrasting with the arrays of narrow leaves, in an unusual bronzy colour.