Shrub 0.6–1.3 m tall, dense, spreading, rounded or flat-topped. New shoots conspicuous by a dense white tomentum. Branchlets slightly ribbed, tomentose. Stipules persistent, subulate, 1.5–4 mm long. Phyllodes ascending to erect, oblanceolate to linear oblanceolate, straight to shallowly incurved, 2–4.5 cm long, 2–8 (–10) mm wide, rounded-obtuse to acute, mucronate, coriaceous, dull green to grey-green, tomentose, tardily glabrescent, with 3–5 or more subdistant longitudinal nerves per face, sometimes with occasional anastomoses; gland 0–3 mm above pulvinus. Inflorescences simple, 2 per axil; peduncles mostly 2–4 mm long, tomentose; heads globular, 4 mm diam., 18–20-flowered, light golden; bracteoles linear-fusiform to narrowly oblong. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free; petals glabrous. Pods irregularly curved, undulate or coiled, to 2.5 cm long, 2–3 mm wide, chartaceous, densely pubescent. Seeds longitudinal, oval, elliptic or oblong, 2.5–3 mm long, glossy, black; aril large, terminal, helmet-shaped, white.
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