Sprawling, decumbent to semi-erect, viscid shrub to 0.6 (–1) m high. Bark ‘Minni Ritchi’ at base of mature stems. Branchlets normally glabrous. Stipules persistent, triangular, c. 1 mm long. Phyllodes narrowly linear or sometimes linear-elliptic, narrowed at base, (4–) 5–8.5 cm long, (1–) 1.5–2.5 mm wide, acuminate by a fine, normally curved, innocuous point, often spreading at irregular angles, thin-textured and not rigid, flat, glabrous or sparsely, ±silky appressed-hairy; multiveined with central vein the most pronounced, the upper margin broader than lower margin; gland basal. Inflorescences simple; peduncles 12–25 mm long, noticeably longer than spikes, glabrous or sparsely appressed, ±silky-hairy, a single brown bract near or above middle; spikes obloid to short-cylindrical, mostly 9–12 mm long and 6–7 mm wide (when dry). Bracteoles c. 1.5 mm long, acuminate. Flowers 5-merous; sepals slightly exceeding ½ length of petals, free, linear, glabrous; petals glabrous, obscurely striate. Pods strongly curved into an open circle or coil, 5–7 mm wide, glabrous, very viscid (especially when young), marginal vein thick. Seeds longitudinal, obloid, 4.5–5 mm long, 3–3.5 mm wide, dark brown to blackish except dull cream at centre; areole small (0.8–1 × 0.5–0.6 mm), not open at the hilar end.
Populations are usually large but composed of plants scattered over broken sandstone over several kilometres. Grows in association with Acacia orthocarpa, A. prolata, Auranticarpa resinosa, Borya subulata, Eucalyptus miniata, E. phoenicea, E. rupestris, Livistona lorophylla, Owenia vernicosa and Triodia claytonii.
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