Shapely shrub 1–4 m high. Branchlets red-brown, glabrous. Phyllodes on raised stem-projections, mostly inclined to ascending, mostly oblanceolate, (2–) 3–7.5 (–8.5) cm long, 5–12 (–17) mm wide, obtuse or acute, mucronulate, glabrous, with prominent and slightly excentric midrib, indistinctly penniveined; glands normally exserted, 2–4, with lowermost (5–) 10–20 (–25) mm above pulvinus; margin often shallowly indented at the gland. Inflorescences 6–21-headed racemes; raceme axes 1–6.5 cm long, glabrous; peduncles (1–) 2–4 (–6) mm long, slender, glabrous; heads globular, 6–12-flowered, bright yellow or sometimes pale yellow; bracteoles dark brown, evident in buds. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free to c. ½-united. Pods linear, shallowly constricted between seeds, to 9 cm long, 4–6.5 mm wide, firmly chartaceous, dark brown to black, glabrous. Seeds longitudinal, oblong to elliptic or ovate, 3.5–5 mm long, slightly shiny, black; funicle encircling seed in a single or sometimes double fold, pale red-brown; aril clavate.
Grows in tableland areas of moderate elevation, on rocky slopes and along watercourses, in low open forest.
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