Open pendulous shrub to 1 (–2) m high; stem unbranched at base or with few primary downwards arching branches. Branchlets slightly ribbed, becoming terete, green to brown, smooth, densely hairy. Phyllodes somewhat crowded; base of lamina coplanar with branchlets, with lamina towards apex twisted and/or sometimes bent, asymmetric, orbicular to broadly elliptic to obovate, (4–) 7–11 (–16) mm long, (3–) 5–10 (–11) mm wide, l: w ratio = 1.2–1.4 (–1.6), subglossy, light green; base oblique and asymmetric and usually acute; margin thickened, markedly undulate and with scattered hairs; apex oblique, acutely acuminate to acutely or obtusely mucronate; gland inserted at 1 mm above pulvinus, small, with inconspicuous rim. Inflorescences with peduncles (5–) 8–9 (–11) mm long, about as long as floral phyllodes, moderately hairy; heads 4–5 mm diam., 20–26 (–30)-flowered, pale yellow to light yellow, sometimes to bright yellow. Corolla lobes usually with few long hairs. Pods oblong, flat, straight or slightly curved, 60–75 mm long, 15–22 mm wide, firmly coriaceous, dull, dark brown; margin prominent, barely constricted between seeds, slightly undulate.
Grows mostly in stony sandy or loamy clay soils, frequently in Eucalyptus rossii woodlands, at higher altitudes.
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