Single stemmed or multistemmed, obconic tree 3–10 (–12) m tall, sometimes with a pseudo-conifer or rarely a conifer growth form; stems and main branches ±straight. Branchlets ribless or obscurely ribbed; ribs yellow and not resinous or with a veneer of translucent resin; new shoots resinous; youngest phyllodes pale-to dark-brown or khaki to green and with sparse to moderately dense reddish glandular hairlets. Phyllodes normally narrowly linear, not rigid, terete to flat, (2.5–) 4–10 (–13) cm long, usually (0.6–) 0.8–1.5 (–2.5) mm wide, green to grey-green or sub-glaucous, sometimes ±grey, glabrous or obscurely appressed-hairy between the numerous, fine, longitudinal nerves; margins normally not resinous; gland 0–3 mm above the pulvinus; phyllode normally not obviously kinked or swollen at the gland. Inflorescences simple; peduncles (2–) 3–10 (–13) mm long; spikes 10–30 (–35) mm long. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free, ½ length of petals or more, linear-spathulate; petals 1.5–2 mm long. Pods oblong to narrowly oblong, ±straight-edged, (1.5–) 2–6 cm long, (4–) 5–10 (–11) mm wide, chartaceous, flat, often orange-brown, smooth, normally glabrous, ±nerveless; margins rimmed and often resinous. Seeds normally oblique to transverse, (2.5–) 4–5 (–6) mm long, (1.5–) 3–4 mm wide, elliptic to ±ovate; aril small and creamy white.
Grows in a wide range of habitats, being recorded from sometimes stony or gravelly red-brown sandy loam, clay-loam or clay, commonly over hardpan. It occurs on alluvial flats and other water-gaining sites, and on slopes and crests of low rocky hills. It is often found in mixed Mulga communities and is often locally common.
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