Tree usually to c. 10 m high; canopy dense. Branchlets pendulous, slightly flexuose, normally glabrous. Phyllodes narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic, 4–15 cm long, 7–20 mm wide, sometimes to 35 mm wide (especially young plants), somewhat coriaceous, normally glabrous; midrib and marginal veins prominent; lateral veins rather obscure and openly anastomosing; gland 0–10 mm above pulvinus, circular to oblong, 0.5–0.7 mm long. Inflorescences 2–8-headed racemes, often appearing as axillary clusters; raceme axes 1–3 (–15) mm long, puberulous; peduncles 1–2 cm long, glabrous or sparsely puberulous; heads globular, 20–40-flowered, cream. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free. Pods to 12.5 cm long, usually 10–13 mm wide, thinly coriaceous; marginal vein prominent. Seeds ±longitudinal, oblong to orbicular, flat, usually 6–7 mm long, slightly shiny, dark brown; funicle thick, scarcely arillate.
Found in open Eucalyptus forest on ridges or along creeks, or with Acacia harpophylla. Larger trees are found in valleys, along watercourses and on the lower slopes of hills; at elevations up to 500 metres
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Grows in open Eucalyptus forest on ridges or along creeks, or with Acacia harpophylla.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.