Obconic or rounded, multi-stemmed shrub 1.5–2.5 m high, crowns dense, stems and main branches ±contorted. Bark grey. Branchlets sericeous at extremities, glabrous with age. Phyllodes elliptic to obovate, (15–) 20–30 (–35) mm long, 10–20 mm wide, apices rounded and innocuous, coriaceous, sericeous with hairs densest on new shoots; longitudinal veins numerous, fine, of uniform prominence or 1–3 slightly more pronounced, anastomoses absent or occasional; marginal vein discrete, resinous, light brown to dark red-brown; gland basal. Inflorescences simple; peduncles (3–) 4–8 mm long, sparsely to ±densely hairy; spikes short-cylindrical. Flowers not seen. Pods broadly oblong, 30–70 mm long, 11–18 mm wide, crustaceous to ±subwoody, straight to variously curved, densely villous, the hairs golden on young pods but aging white or tinged golden, margins thick. Seeds oblique, 8–9 mm long, flat, brown except dull yellow at centre, minutely rugose, arillate.
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