Tall, glabrous, spreading shrubs 1-3 m high; branches spreading almost terete; bark smooth reddish-brown. <P>Phyllodes oblong-lanceolate usually oblique, 5-15 cm long, 8-25 mm broad, straight or curved, flat, thick and rigid, glaucous, mid-vein prominent, lateral veins numerous and fine, margins thickened, yellowish vein-like, apex obtuse or acute, narrowed towards the base; glands on upper margin near the base. <P>Inflorescences in axillary racemes usually shorter than phyllodes, consisting of 4-16 heads, often appearing paniculate towards the ends of the-branches; flower-heads globular, deep yellow, c. 50-flowered; peduncles glabrous, short and thick; flowers 5-merous. <P>Legumes narrowly oblong, 3-7 cm long, c. 10 mm broad, straight, flat but raised over seeds; margins thickened vein-like. Seeds transverse in legume; funicle long, encircling the seed in a double fold.