A bushy tree to 5 m, branchlets terete, hoary with dense, erect, white hairs. 

<P>Phyllodes elliptic or ovate, mostly acute, asymmetric the midrib nearer the upper margin, penniveined 2-5 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, glaucous and with variously dense, stiff, erect, white hairs; gland inconspicuous.

<P>Inflorescence of simple or branched racemes from the upper leaf axils giving a showy paniculate effect; axis 5-9 cm long with 10-20 heads of flowers; peduncles 4-7 mm long. Flowers 20-30 per head, 5-partite, bright yellow.

<P>Legume to 9 cm long, 2 cm broad, glaucous, densely pubescent at first with stiff erect white hairs, flat with prominent undulate margin. Seeds longitudinal, 6-7 mm long, 3-4 mm broad; funicle thickened into a clavate aril.