Dense, spreading, glabrous shrubs 1-2 m high; branches numerous thin, ascending and somewhat willowy and marked with numerous raised phyllode bases;  branchlets reddish-brown, acutely angular.

<P>Phyllodes linear-oblong, 10-16 mm long, 1.5-2 mm broad, flat erect, crowded, imbricate, glabrous, 1-veined, lateral veins absent, apex almost truncate with a short oblique mucro at the outer margin, slightly narrowed towards the base; glands only at apex below the mucro.

<P>Inflorescences simple and axillary, solitary or twin; flower-heads globular, bright yellow, 10-15-flowered; peduncles slender, glabrous 10-20 mm long; flowers 5-merous. 

<P>Legumes broadly linear, straight or slightly curved, slightly compressed, light brown with a papery texture; margins straight. Seeds longitudinal or slightly oblique in legume, ovoid; funicle very short, passing abruptly into a prominent aril.