Tree 3–10 m tall. Bark finely fissured, dark grey. Branchlets sparsely to moderately appressed-puberulous, often ±scurfy. Phyllodes linear, straight to slightly curved, 6.5–13.5 cm long, 1–2 (–3) mm wide, acute to acuminate with shallowly curved to subuncinate tip, sparsely to moderately appressed-puberulous, with numerous closely parallel indistinct nerves. Inflorescences 1–6-headed racemes; raceme axes 1–2.5 mm long, appressed-puberulous; peduncles 2–7 mm long, appressed-puberulous; heads globular, 3.5–4 mm diam., 10–20-flowered, golden; bracteoles broadly obtrullate. Flowers 5-merous; sepals united into a shortly lobed cup. Pods ±moniliform, to 4.5 cm long, 3–4 mm wide, chartaceous to very thin-crustaceous, glabrous to sparsely appressed-puberulous. Seeds longitudinal, elliptic, 3–4.5 mm long, glossy brown; funicle slender; aril small.