Bushy, often rounded, spreading shrub 1-2 m high. Branchlets velvety, with hairs citron and silvery white on new shoots. Phyllodes elliptic to oblong-elliptic or obovate, 2-3 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, l:w = 1.5-2.5, obtuse, coriaceous, grey-green to glaucous, velvety; midrib and marginal nerves prominent; lateral nerves obscure; gland not prominent, 1.5 mm above pulvinus. Inflorescences 1-or 2-headed rudimentary racemes with axes 0.5-2 mm long; peduncles 1-3 cm long, stout, velvety; heads globular, 10-12 mm diam. (fresh), 30-40-flowered, golden. Flowers 5-merous; sepals irregularly c. 1/4-1/2-united. Pods oblong to narrowly oblong, to 5.5 cm long, 14-18 mm wide, coriaceous-crustaceous, black, pruinose, glabrous. Seeds oblique, oblong-elliptic, 5-6 mm long, subshiny, black; aril terminal, shortly clavate.
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