Shrub to 2.5 m high, multistemmed, glabrous. Bark flaky, brown to grey. Branchlets flattened, stout, brownish. Phyllodes inequilaterally very narrowly elliptic to narrowly elliptic, flat, straight to falcate, (4–) 7–9 (–13) cm long, (3–) 5–12 (–25) mm wide, obtuse or acute, coriaceous, with 3 conspicuous main veins; minor veins 5–9 per mm, longitudinal, not anastomosing; gland 1, basal, to 1 mm above pulvinus. Spikes 1.4–3.6 cm long, white to cream. Flowers 5‑merous; calyx 0.5–0.7 mm long, dissected by ⅕–1/7, pubescent; corolla 1.2–1.8 mm long, dissected to ½ of length, glabrous; ovary glabrous or with a few hairs at summit. Pods linear, tapered towards base, straight-sided, terete to slightly quadrangular, 5–11 cm long, 3–5 mm wide, woody, striated, glabrous, opening elastically from apex; seed-partitions thick. Seeds very slightly oblique, oblong-elliptic, 3.5–5.6 mm long, dark brown; pleurogram with pale halo; areole open; funicle-aril narrowly conical, very finely attenuated.
Grows usually in shallow rocky soils derived from sandstone or granite, in eucalypt open forest or woodlands, often on steep hillsides, also in heath or scrub or in sand near coast.
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Usually found in shallow rocky soils derived from sandstone or granite in eucalypt open forest or woodlands, often on steep hillsides, also in heath or scrub or in sand near coast.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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