Erect, compact, rounded, resinous, spreading shrubs 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, light yellowish-brown but becoming dark grey towards the base. 

<P>Phyllodes obliquely obovate 2-5 mm long, 2_3 mm broad, flat, thick, erect, yellowish-green, resinous, minutely glandular, obscurely 1-veined, occasionally with a few obscure lateral veins, a small gland is situated below the oblique point on the outer margin.

<P>Inflorescences simple and axillary, solitary; flower-heads globular, bright yellow c. 12-15-flowered; peduncles glabrous, 4-7 mm long; flowers 5-merous. 

<P>Legumes linear, 1-3.5 cm long, 2-2.5 mm broad, straight or curved, biconvex, brown, resinous and glossy, apex acute; margins pale, slightly thickened. Seeds longitudinal in legume, obloid; funicle short, folded under the fleshy aril.