Dense, distinctly glaucous, spreading, rounded or often rather flat topped shrubs 1-3 m high and often the same or more across; branchlets angular, reddish-brown, slightly pubescent; bark grey, rough and flaky. 

<P>Phyllodes oblong to oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, 2.5-5.5 cm long, 7-14 mm broad, straight or slightly curved, flat, rigid, coriaceous, glaucous, golden or silvery pubescent when young, numerous inconspicuous veins sometimes 2-3 veins more prominent than the others, margins prominent, reddish-brown, thick, crenulate, resinous, apex obtuse or acute with or without a small mucro; glands basal, 

<P>Inflorescences simple, axillary, 1-2 per axil; spikes moderately dense but becoming interrupted when mature, mid-yellow, 1.5-2.5 cm long; peduncles pubescent, 3-8 mm long; flowers 5-merous. 

<P>Legumes narrowly oblong, 6-9 cm long, 10-12 mm broad, flattish, much curved, hard, densely tomentose, finally glabrous, grey, margins thickened not constricted, apex obtuse. Seeds oblique in legume; funicle with a few folds below the aril.