Shrub to 2 m high, sometimes a tree to 3.5 m high, erect, many-stemmed, spindly or spreading, often with drooping branches and sparse canopy. Bark smooth but finely fissured at base of trunk. Branchlets angled or flattened, later terete; ridges minutely convoluted, translucent. Phyllodes single or sometimes in 2s or 3s, linear to narrowly elliptic, straight or upcurved, (1.5–) 5–12 (–14.5) cm long, 0.7–1.8 mm wide (2–8 mm wide in variants), with minute apical mucro, moderately stiff, with prominent longitudinal midvein. Spikes 1–3 in phyllode axils, to 3 cm long, interrupted, pale yellow or cream. Flowers 5-merous, rarely 4-merous; sepals free, 0.4–0.7 mm long, spathulate, glabrous; corolla 0.7–1 mm long, dissected to c. ½ of length; petals recurved, with distinct midribs and thickened apices. Pods straight or curved, 2–8.5 cm long, 3–6 mm wide, ±woody, dark brown, with wings 2–4.5 mm wide and often convoluted. Seeds oblique, brown; funicle-aril straight, conical.
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A small woody shrub. It grows to 1-3 m high and is generally rounded in form. The bark is rough and flaky. It is smooth on young plants. The young shoots are sticky and flattened. The leaves (phyllodes) are smooth and without stalks. The are very narrow. They are 3.5-12 cm long and 0.1-0.5 cm wide. They are slightly stiff and light yellowish-green. They have one main vein running along the leaf. They have a hook at the tip. The flowers are pale yellow. They occur as loose spikes 3 cm long. They occur either singly or in pairs in the angles of leaves. The pod is smooth, narrow, hard and woody. It is 3.5-8 cm long by 0.3-0.6 cm wide. It tapers towards the base. It has a prominent ridge. The brown seeds are arranged diagonally.
Grows in open eucalypt or mixed woodland, sometimes with Melaleuca nervosa , on top of sandstone escarpments or on the lower slopes or alluvial fans, sometimes on laterite, on sandy, gravelly soil.
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It grows in sandstone country. It is tropical. It does not do well on heavy soils. It must have good drainage. It needs a sunny position.
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