Somewhat viscid, rather dense, rounded, spreading, much branched shrubs 1-2 m high with a dull olive-green foliage; branches grey-brown, terete, pubescent, marked with small raised leaf bases along the stems. <P>Phyllodes obliquely oblong-obovate to more or less elliptical, 5-12 mm long, 3-6 mm broad, erect, thick, rigid, glabrous, minutely glandular, sometimes viscid when young, lower edges usually undulate, 2-veined with the central vein more prominent, lateral veins few, obscure, apex shortly mucronate. <P>Inflorescences simple and axillary, solitary or twin; flower-heads bright yellow, 8-20-flowered; peduncles about as long as phyllodes; flowers 5-merous. <P>Legumes narrowly oblong, 1.5-3 cm long, 2-3 mm broad, straight or curved, viscid and covered with glandular shining hairs. Seeds oblique in legume, obovoid-ellipsoid; funicle short, folded under seed and thickening gradually into an elongated aril.