Slender, glabrous, resinous shrubs 1-2 m high with a short slender stem, dividing into a few ascending branches; branchlets angular with reddish-brown, resinous ridges. 

<P>Phyllodes filiform, 5-10 cm long, c. 1 mm diam., straight or curved, somewhat compressed, viscid, deeply grooved on either face with 4-6 rather obscure resinous veins in all, apex with a small oblique mucro, 1-4 small glands situated along the upper margin of the phyllodes.

<P>Inflorescences simple, 1-3 per axil; spikes dense, short, cylindrical to almost globular, bright yellow; peduncles pubescent, 5-8 mm long; flowers 5-merous. 

<P>Legumes linear, 5-7 cm long, c. 2 mm broad, viscid, raised over seeds, margins slightly constricted, tapering and acute at both ends. Seeds longitudinal in legume, obloid; funicle short with a few folds beneath seed, aril small.