Erect, compact, spreading, glabrous, resinous shrubs 1-4 m high, sometimes rather open and straggly with a short trunk and long arching branches, foliage appearing whitish to pale green; branchlets resinous, slightly pustulate, slightly angular or ribbed; bark grey-brown, smooth on branches, rough at the base. 

<P>Phyllodes oblanceolate or more or less narrow-elliptic, 2-7 cm long, 5-15 mm broad, straight or slightly curved, coriaceous, viscid, glabrous, sometimes scurfy or pruinose, 2 (rarely 3) prominent longitudinal veins, lateral veins numerous, conspicuous, raised and anastomosing; apex obtuse but minutely mucronate; glands basal. 

<P>Inflorescences simple and axillary, solitary or twin; flower-heads globular c. peduncles 15-20 mm long viscid, glabrous; flowers 5-merous. 

<P>Legumes oblong, 5-9 cm long, 12-15 mm broad, flattish but raised over seeds; thin, light brown often with a shining varnished appearance, margins vein-like straight. Seeds transverse in legume; funicle short, folded, aril oblique, small.