The honey euryops is a much-branched, evergreen shrub of up to 3.5 x 1.5 m. The branches are mostly straight, densely leafy in the upper parts, but bare lower down and rough because of the leaf scars. The leaves are dark green, small, 5-12 x 2-7 mm, palmate (like a hand with webbed fingers) or fan-shaped, with 3 to 7 lobes arranged alternately or spirally on the branches. Masses of small, bright yellow, honey-scented daisy flowerheads, 8-10 mm in diameter, consisting of both ray and disc florets, are produced terminally from late winter to spring (July-September), making it a conspicuous sight from afar. Each flowerhead consists of an outer row of 'petals' which are the ray florets. The disc florets are in the centre of the flowerhead, and are fused into tubes and resemble the stamens of other flowering plants. The flowers last well in a vase and will brighten a dull, cold winter's day! The fruits (cypselas) are small, 1.8-2.5 mm long, oblong, slightly angled, smooth and shiny yellow or light brown. They are topped with a tuft of short, white hairs (pappus hairs) which is soon lost.