Shrub 0.15–0.5 (–0.9) m tall. Branchlets densely villous; indumentum sparser with age. Stipules persistent, linear to linear-triangular, 1–1.5 mm long. Phyllodes frequently slightly curved, ±trigonous in section, 5–9 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, obtuse but with a short distinct mucro, thick, sparsely hairy on margins and abaxial nerves, sometimes densely hairy around pulvinus, 4-nerved in all; central nerve slightly raised on upper surface but strongly raised (when dry) on lower surface; gland absent or c. 1 mm above pulvinus, obscure. Inflorescences simple, crowded at ends of branchlets; peduncles 3–4 mm long, glabrous; basal bract as long or longer than peduncle, long-rostriform, villous; heads globular, 3–4 mm diam., 9-or 10-flowered. Flowers 5-merous; calyx ⅔-united; lobes triangular; petals glabrous. Pods not seen.
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