The leaves are green above and silvery below, this white pubescence on the underside of the leaves is diagnostic. The flowers are white and in clusters of 3-5. Pedicels are puberulent. The calyx is puberulent and campanulate, about 5 millimeters long with glandular apex. The petals are 5 and white and up to 2 centimeters long.
Stamens are ten with bright orange anthers.
Fruit is a dry globose capsule about 8 millimeters in diameter and pedicellate. The fruit is dehiscent into 2-3 valves. Cory discovered the taxon in 1940 where several shrubs were observed on 4 July on Polecat Creek, Edwards County, Texas. No disagreements occur in identification of the species. Styrax texana is a good species.