Bushy shrubs to 2.5 m tall; branchlets angled at extremities, glabrous. 

<P>Phyllodes narrowly linear 20-40 mm long, 0.7-1.5 mm wide, ascending to erect, straight or shallowly curved, slightly hooked, flat or cylindrical, glabrous, grey-green, 4-veined in all, midrib impressed or raised; pulvinus distinct and articulate.

<P>Inflorescence of solitary globular heads. Peduncle axillary 4-15 mm long, glabrous. Flower-heads globular 30-40~flowered. Flowers 5-partite 

<P>Legumes linear, raised over seeds and slightly constricted between them to 11 cm long, 5-6 man wide coriaceous to subwoody, glabrous. Seeds longitudinal, oblongoid to ellipsoid 4.5-5 mm long c. 2.5 mm wide, black; funicle 1/2-3/4 encircling seed, reddish-brown.