Spindly often single stemmed shrub or small tree 3.5-4m tall, crown open, straggly, rarely bushy, branchlets terete to prominently angular towards their apices, glabrous conspicuously pruinose. Bark smooth grey or red-brown on lower trunks. 

<P>Phyllodes narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, apices abruptly narrowed and obtuse with minute mucro, 7-10 cm long, 9-18 mm wide, moderately coriaceous, often crowded, ascending erect, mostly straight, greyish medium green but glaucous when young; midrib moderately pronounced with similar marginal veins. Gland not prominent on upper margin of phyllode.

<P>Inflorescences racemose or with a few simple peduncles, racemes 2-4 cm long with 5-14 heads. Peduncles 4-11 mm mostly alternate. Flower-heads globular 10 mm diameter (fresh) lemon to golden yellow, very fragrant, 34-45 densely arranged flowers, buds very pruinose. Flowers 5-merous, glabrous. 

<P>Legumes narrowly oblong, gently raised over seeds, slightly constricted between seeds 9 cm long, 5-6 mm wide, up to 10 seeds, firmly chartaceous, straight or slightly curved, glabrous, pruinose when young finally pale brown. Seeds longitudinal with aril facing apex of legume, 5-7 mm long, 3-3.5 mm wide, turgid, little shiny, black; funicle filiform 15 mm long, with a short fold near aril then extending below seed to half or near wholly encircle seed before doubling back and terminating in a thickened, yellow aril.