Spreading shrub 1–2.5 m tall. Branchlets glabrous or hirsutellous, often resinous apically. Phyllodes inclined, ±asymmetric, oblong to oblong-elliptic or obovate, straight, (1.2) 1.5–2 (–2.2) cm long and (4–) 5–7 (–8) mm wide, rounded-obtuse to subtruncate and retuse, mucronulate to rostrate-mucronulate, thinly coriaceous, normally glabrous, with 2 distant main longitudinal nerves and regularly anastomosing impressed secondary nerves in between; gland annular, 2–3 mm above base. Inflorescences simple, 1 per axil, or rarely a rudimentary raceme with axes less than 1 mm long; peduncles 3–5 (–10) mm long, glabrous; basal bract persistent, broadly ovate, 1.5 mm long; heads globular, 4–5 mm diam., 22–30-flowered. Flowers 5-merous, sepals ½–¾-united. Pods linear, strongly curved to openly once-or twice-coiled, to 7 cm long, 3–4 mm wide, chartaceous, glabrous, mostly strongly resinous. Seeds longitudinal, oblong, 4–5 mm long, glossy, dark brown; aril apical.
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