Chlorophytum saundersiae is a gregarious (growing in groups or colonies) and spreading perennial herb which forms thick stands or clumps. The plant grows up to 400 mm high and has a bushy grass-like appearance, with leaves forming a basal rosette. It has long thin roots without tubers (tubers are found in other Chlorophytum species such as C. comosum `hen-and-chickens').

Leaves are light green, linear (strap-shaped) and gradually tapering, 300-400 mm long and 10 mm wide.

The inflorescence has numerous small, white, star-shaped flowers. The flowers have folded-back tepals (members of a floral envelope not clearly differentiated into calyx and corolla) and prominent elongated yellow anthers. The inflorescence is a congested raceme (with flowers on stalks arranged along an unbranched axis, the terminal flower being the youngest) and is carried on long drooping (`weeping') stalks.

The plant flowers during summer, from October to March.

The fruit is a small, green to brown, globose capsule containing numerous black, angular seeds.C. saundersiae grows very quickly and is also spreading. It is a perennial and will not die back during the winter. It looks like a grass but is more closely related to the Asparagus or Aloe families.