Dense spreading somewhat viscid shrub 1–2 m high. Branchlets puberulous. Phyllodes on short stem-projections, erect, asymmetrically ovate to ovate-elliptic, with adaxial margin ±straight and parallel to branchlet and abaxial margin obviously convex and normally undulate, 5–13 mm long, 3–6 mm wide, glabrous, 2-veined per face with the second vein often not prominent; lateral veins few, obscure. Inflorescences simple, 1 or 2 per axil; peduncles 4–8 mm long, slender, glabrous; basal bract persistent; heads prolific, globular, 8–20-flowered, bright yellow. Flowers 5-merous; sepals united. Pods narrowly oblong, to 3 cm long, c. 5 mm wide, thinly coriaceous, densely pilose with straight, slightly inflated, gland-tipped hairs. Seeds oblique, oblong-elliptic, c. 3 mm long, slightly shiny, brown; aril curved over end of seed.
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