Shrub 0.5-1.5 m high. Branchlets ribbed, hirsutellous to hirsute, occasionally pilose or subglabrous; hairs tubercle-based. Stipules ±patent. Pinnae mostly 2 pairs, 2-4 mm long (proximal pinnae), 5-15 mm long (distal pinnae); apex slightly or prominently recurved; rachis 3-9 mm long; pinnules 2 pairs (proximal pinnae), 3-8 pairs (distal pinnae), ±oblong to narrowly oblong, 3-8 mm long, 1.5-4 mm wide, flat or recurved, green, glabrous or subglabrous; gland on rachis 0-2 mm below pinnae, sessile, prominent. Inflorescences 2-headed racemes, 1-3 per axil; raceme axes 0.5-2 mm long; peduncles 8-12 mm long, glabrous; heads globular, 11-26-flowered, pale yellow. Flowers 5-merous; sepals c. 3/4-united; petals 1-nerved. Pods 1.5-3.5 cm long, 5-6 mm wide, normally glabrous. Seeds oblique, oblong to elliptic, 2.5-3 mm long.