A shrub 2-3 m high. Branchlets slightl yangular, glabrous, usually markedly reddish-brown.

<P>Phyllodes 5-15 cm long, 0.7-1.6 cm wide, elliptic, straight or slightly curved, glabrous, sometimes pruinose, mid-vein prominent often eccentric, lateral veins evident and at an acute angle, base narrowly cuneate, apex acute to acuminate. Gland on upper edge just above pulvinus. 

<P>Inflorescences of axillary racemes mostly shorter than the phyllode, rarely reduced to a single peduncle. Peduncles 2-6 mm long. Flower-heads globular 20-30-flowered, 5-6mm diameter, golden yellow. 

<P>Legumes to 15 cm long, 5-8 mm wide more or less linear, raised over the seeds and constricted between them, reddish-brown. Seeds not seen, apparently longitudinal.