Shrub normally 1–3 m high. Branchlets ribbed, glabrous or sometimes appressed-puberulous, hairs rarely ±patent. Phyllodes on raised stem-projections, often patent, oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, narrowly elliptic or ±linear, (1.5–) 2–6 cm long, usually 3.5–10 mm wide, narrowed at base, obtuse to acute, grey-green to glaucous, usually glabrous, 1-veined per face; lateral veins obscure or absent; glands 1 or 2, with lowermost normally 5–15 mm above pulvinus. Inflorescences prolific racemes in upper axils; raceme axes usually 2–6 cm long, appressed-puberulous with white or golden hairs; peduncles 3–6 (–9) mm long, usually appressed-puberulous, with hairs golden but sometimes white in fruit; heads globular, 15–30-flowered, golden. Flowers 5‑merous; sepals united. Pods to 11 cm long, 4–9 mm wide, firmly chartaceous to thinly coriaceous, sometimes ±pruinose, glabrous. Seeds longitudinal, ±oblong, 4–6 mm long, ±shiny, black; funicle-aril ½–¾ length of seed.
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An evergreen shrub. It grows to 3-5 m high and spreads out to about 3-4 m. The stem is slender and erect. The shoots have golden hairs pressed against the stem. The leaves (phyllodes) are bluish grey. They are narrow and taper towards the leaf stalk. They curve gently. They are 2-5 cm long and 0.5-1 cm wide. There is just one vein along the leaf. They are leathery. The flowers are golden balls. The are carried on stalks at the end of the branches. The pods are flat and usually straight. They are 6-10 cm long by 0.5 cm wide.
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