Spreading shrub 0.5–2 m high. Branchlets ribbed, asperulous, hirsutellous to pubescent with at least some hairs gland-tipped. Stipules normally 1–2 mm long. Phyllodes oblong-linear to narrowly oblong-elliptic or oblong-oblanceolate, 6–30 mm long, 2–4 (–7) mm wide, flat to concavo-convex in section, coriaceous, asperulous, with indumentum as on branchlets but sparser; midrib prominent. Inflorescences simple, 1–2 (–3) per axil; peduncles 2–16 mm long, stout or slender, with gland-tipped hairs or sessile to subsessile glands, sometimes eglandular hairs present; basal bract persistent; heads globular, (15–) 24–50-flowered, 4–9 mm diam., cream to golden; bracteoles gland-tipped or eglandular, not exserted or exserted prior to anthesis. Flowers 5-merous; sepals united. Pods narrowly oblong to linear, rounded over seeds, slightly curved, 2–6 cm long, 3–6 mm wide, firmly chartaceous to thinly coriaceous, densely hirsute-hirsutellous with some or all hairs gland-tipped. Seeds longitudinal, oblong, 4–5 mm long, shiny, dark brown; aril terminal.
Normally grows on ranges, in shallow stony or gravelly soil, in Eucalyptus open forest or mallee communities.
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