Variable small tree or shrub from one to five metres.

Seed harvested to date is mostly restricted to the ornamental trade. Considering its limited stature, attractive flowers and unique appearance, B. bidwillii appears to be an underutilised native plant in cultivation. We have rarely seen this Brachychiton species in the wild. The inflorescence pictured below found on a natural stand consisting of about ten specimens restricted to an outcrop of large granodiorite boulders in a very open, grazing landscape west of Eidsvold in Queensland.