Tall, glabrous shrubs 1-4 m high, dividing at ground level into a number of spreading-erect branches; branches almost terete, smooth, silvery- grey; bark dark brown and slightly fissured on main trunks. 

<P>Phyllodes linear, 6-16 cm long, c. 1 mm broad, subterete (i.e. slightly compressed) but somewhat flattened towards their apices, numerous fine longitudinal veins with the central vein often more prominent than the rest, characteristically ciliolate towards their finely curved non-pungent tip; glands basal, inconspicuous, 

<P>Inflorescences simple 2-3 per axil, sessile; spikes dense, 8-12 mm long, bright yellow; flowers 4-merous. Legumes moniliform, 6-12 cm long, 5-7 mm broad, slightly curved, brown. Seeds longitudinal in legume, obloid-ellipsoid; funicle with 2-3 folds below the aril.