Wollastonia fauriei is a suffruticose, somewhat woody, perennial herb with weakly erect to scandent stems that can extend up to 5 meters in length. The leaves are simple and petiolate, with narrowly deltate (triangular) blades measuring 7–13 cm in length and approximately 3 cm in width. The blades are thin and herbaceous in texture, with sparse strigillose (fine, stiff-haired) pubescence. Leaf margins are serrate, and the base is broadly cuneate to truncate or occasionally subcordate. Petioles are 1.5–3.5 cm long and characterized by winged margins, contributing to the distinctive appearance of the foliage. Inflorescences are composed of clustered heads, typically arranged in groups of two to three. The outer involucral bracts are narrowly ovate, 4.5–8 mm long and 1.5–2 mm wide, with strigillose surfaces and a purplish hue near the base. Chaffy bracts are tan throughout. Each head bears 6–8 ray florets with oblong rays measuring 6–13 mm in length and about 2.3 mm in width, as well as 30–35 disk florets per head, each 3.3–3.9 mm long with anthers approximately 1.8 mm long. The pappus consists of numerous deciduous awns. The fruits are achenes with a tuberculate (wart-like) surface and narrow wings up to 0.4 mm along the angles. Ray achenes are 2.5–3 mm long and approximately 2 mm wide, while disk achenes are about 2.5 mm long and 1.5 mm wide. It occurs in lowland mesic forests between 480-900 meters.